How to Use blank check in a Sentence

blank check

noun
  • That era of blank checks may be over.
    — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Body Talk gave Robyn the world’s fattest blank check.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But this would constitute a blank check for a foreign war.
    — Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But elections are not a blank check for dysfunction.
    — Jodi Balma, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • While endowments don’t serve as a blank check, schools can still pull from them in times of need.
    — Todd L. Pittinsky, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
  • What most people don't know, though, is that a bank levy is not a blank check for creditors to use.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Rockets don't appear to be in any rush to hand him a blank check, either.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Wage garnishment doesn't just hand debt collectors a blank check, though.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But a couple could do a lot of damage with a spare $5K in their mitts, let alone a blank check.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Many voters saw it as a blank check for more overspending and rejected it.
    — Mark Powell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But Milei’s electoral mandate is not a blank check for his party’s agenda.
    — María Victoria Murillo, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Costner was still a movie star, but he was no longer being offered blank checks and full creative control.
    — Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The public interest isn’t a blank check for the government.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But now, Gilligan has finally cashed in the blank check to which he’s been long entitled.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Taxpayer money is not a blank check to grow bureaucracy.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Blank Checks If lost or stolen, blank checks are easy to forge, and getting the problem resolved with the bank can take time.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • And if Brewer is giving R&D a blank check, Williams is the one using it.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • After the season, multiple programs reached out with blank check offers to transfer.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Taxpayers deserve a governor who negotiates for them, not one who hands unions a blank check.
    — Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Supporters are asking residents to write a blank check and trust that the money will eventually be put to good use.
    — James Porter, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • After Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan has an epic blank check.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
  • That Pluribus takes space to linger on these moments speaks to the assuredness of a celebrated creator gifted a blank check.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The state must demand absolute accountability and end the era of blank checks without metrics.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • But Lolly Adefope won the task with a blank check, with the intention of beating the highest amount by 1 pence.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
  • These bills are not a blank check, nor a special regulatory carve-out for autonomous vehicles.
    — John Seng, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Under Missouri’s stadium plan, the state cannot simply hand the Royals a blank check to build a stadium.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Busby stole more than $775 using the victim’s credit cards and a blank check, the district attorney’s office said.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Assessing financials can help ascertain whether a company will remain viable once the blank checks stop coming or can afford to stay on top of debt.
    — Tiz Gambacorta, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The business judgment rule is not a blank check justifying every HOA action.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a lesson to be learned within all of this for any filmmaker with big ideas who isn’t quite breathing the rarified air of A-list directors with blank checks.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025

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