as in carte blanche
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Recent Examples of blank check
Noem was with her family on Easter Sunday at The Capital Burger in Washington, D.C., when the suspect nabbed her luxury bag containing the cash as well as her driver’s license, passport, medication, makeup bag, blank checks, DHS badge, apartment keys and a Louis Vuitton Clemence wallet.
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Landon Mion , Stepheny Price , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The agreement, which comes after months of fraught negotiations, is intended to give President Trump a personal stake in Ukraine’s fate while addressing his concerns that the U.S. has provided Kyiv with a blank check to try to withstand Russia’s invasion.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The purse contained the secretary's driver's license, prescription medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks and approximately $3,000 in cash.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Here's why The company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
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Landon Mion , Stepheny Price , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The agreement, which comes after months of fraught negotiations, is intended to give President Trump a personal stake in Ukraine’s fate while addressing his concerns that the U.S. has provided Kyiv with a blank check to try to withstand Russia’s invasion.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The purse contained the secretary's driver's license, prescription medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks and approximately $3,000 in cash.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Here's why The company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blank check
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The brand gave him carte blanche to direct her in a teaser for its Métiers d’Art show in Hangzhou, China, last December.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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In response, city leaders hired former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton to run the force and gave him carte blanche to clean house.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2025
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And his objective for this Mideast trip – to do lots of deals – will clash with Israeli priorities, namely to employ a completely free hand against Hamas and to see Iran’s nuclear program dismantled.—
Dina Kraft,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 May 2025
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Amid all that, the President boasted of Elon Musk's free hand to fire thousands of government workers in a speech to Congress that was rife with obfuscations and fabrications.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blank%20check. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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