blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
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While some within Harris’ own party push to tax the super-rich as rampant wealth inequality rises, her billionaire backers are doing the opposite of signing a blank check.
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
The 15-year-old company went public in 2021 through a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $6.6 billion.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
And there were a lot of blank checks lying around Google at that time.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024
But if the United States is serious about reducing the prospects for war and nuclear missile proliferation, as well as strengthening its alliance with South Korea, the Trump administration cannot hand South Korea a blank check.
—Zachary Keck, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2017
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
The 15-year-old company went public in 2021 through a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $6.6 billion.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
And there were a lot of blank checks lying around Google at that time.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024
But if the United States is serious about reducing the prospects for war and nuclear missile proliferation, as well as strengthening its alliance with South Korea, the Trump administration cannot hand South Korea a blank check.
—Zachary Keck, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2017
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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