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Recent Examples of blank check
In fact, the federal government is practically throwing cash in an incinerator by handing over blank checks to these predatory schools to begin with, only for courts to mandate debt elimination on the backend or borrowers driven into poverty by the schools rendered unable to pay back a penny.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Now their president-elect is asking for a blank check and threatening primaries for any holdouts.
—Justin Green, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
The company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2024
Buying universal keys that can open any United States Postal Service drop box or snapping up books of blank checks from the Dark Web.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Now their president-elect is asking for a blank check and threatening primaries for any holdouts.
—Justin Green, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
The company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2024
Buying universal keys that can open any United States Postal Service drop box or snapping up books of blank checks from the Dark Web.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blank%20check. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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