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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
Synonyms


NOUN
pattern of squares
Synonyms




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This is the sort of due diligence any company would do before paying out a check to a supplier.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has a unit that carries out surveillance of retailers to check they're complying with the law.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

“We didn’t check a box. We made a mistake,” she said, adding that the nonprofit is undergoing an audit.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

I consulted a co-worker about why I was being asked to check in more.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

‘I’ll check out the rest of the place, see if it’s been put somewhere else.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“Obsession” is a pulpy, prodigious summer hit that checks boxes without posing any new questions.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Before joining the platforms, workers undergo background checks, including police verification.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Furthermore, its product compliance checks could be "easily circumvented".

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

“As pressure builds, crews will again perform targeted leak checks to confirm every section of pipe, both new and existing, is stable and performing as expected,” the utility department said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The Titans pitcher checks Luis and fires the pitch.

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

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

From Textbooks Apr. 22, 2020

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

From Textbooks Apr. 22, 2020

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

Jenny Lin, a senior product designer who lives in San Francisco, said that AI content still needs to be checked by humans.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The simulations produced solutions that aligned with theoretical predictions and performed well on smaller problems where the correct answers could be checked.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Hegseth, 46 years old, said soldiers under 30 can volunteer to get their testosterone levels checked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

In the past, long queues formed at the border as documents were checked, particularly during periods of strained relations between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar's sovereignty.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

I checked to see that my feet were still setting on the floor, because it felt like I was falling down a hole that had opened up right underneath me.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Two years ago, rushing to finish a slide for a sermon on a South Pacific missionary, he dropped in an AI-generated image without checking it closely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

The first time she became pregnant early last year, she kept checking her app every morning.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

He said Homeland Security arrived at those numbers by checking the four states’ public voter records.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

They have already started checking in at the Glasgow Caledonian University campus which is doubling as the registration centre for the Games.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Coal kept on searching, opening files, reading and checking everything now that he knew she might be there, somewhere.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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