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With Mets owner Steven Cohen preparing to open his checkbook to New York Yankees superstar Juan Soto for over $600 million, Queens is bound to lose valuable talent.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Billionaires have brought out their checkbooks for both candidates.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
With a winnowing number of competitive districts in play across the country, seats like this are simply must-win, and the parties are proving it with their checkbooks.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Maricopa County supervisors The five Maricopa County supervisors directly control the county's $4.5 billion checkbook.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
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circa 1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Checkbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkbook. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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checkbook
noun
check·book
ˈchek-ˌbu̇k
: a book of blank bank checks
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