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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
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NOUN
pattern of squares
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In the U.S., comparable sales fell 0.2%, hurt by weaker traffic trends that were largely offset by check growth, McDonald’s said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

A big part of Underwood's job is to manage those agents, check their outputs and feed those to the team members who are dealing directly with clients and the media.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Police received a call to perform a welfare check at the apartment in the 100 block of Los Aguajes Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Talk to your neurologist or neurosurgeon about whether driving is safe, and check your insurer’s disclosure requirements.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

“It must be around here somewhere. Maybe check the suitcases again?”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Chief Financial Officer Ian Borden said that checks that included one of those beverages were up roughly 50% compared with the full-day average, with most sold after lunch, when the traffic rush dies down.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Hope is that with checks and balances some confidence will come back in the US system," said a second senior EU diplomat.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

It recently repealed a pair of arcane provisions giving roughly three million public-sector retirees and certain disabled retirees larger Social Security checks at a cost of about $200 billion over 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The company said initial checks indicated that an engineer's laptop had been compromised, enabling an attacker to make unauthorised withdrawals.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Dad checks Semaj’s car seat through the window, gets back in the car, and drives off.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

These values can be checked repeatedly without changing the information.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Jimenez left the scene, checked in at a hospital and subsequently was arrested, the footnote said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The team checked and checked and there was nothing wrong.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Their signed ballot paper is checked against the verified register by election workers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

She switched on the lamp and checked the e-mail.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

He moved in with my 93-year-old father in 2023 and took care of him, hiring the care my dad needed using my dad’s checking account.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Amelia Lerutte starts every workday by checking in with the AI agent that handles her old job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

“They instead receive lesser amounts dictated by the remaining Executor, who uses this power to deter them from checking his abuses,” Paris’ petition alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The MP said he was checking a navigation app while stuck in traffic.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

For women, it meant checking their bodies, including their breasts and teeth, and posture.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis


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