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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
Synonyms


NOUN
pattern of squares
Synonyms




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“We’ll just kind of check up on each other,” McVay said, “and then we’ll see when we have more information whether or not we’re going to give it a go.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

As part of their "summer bucket list", they are planning to check out all the parks in the local area and she is prioritising low-cost activities throughout the summer.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Consumers should check their own state’s rules to learn whether online purchases are also exempt.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Also, we’ll explain more in tomorrow’s Your Morning Slate, but if you’re looking for a surprisingly good watch from a rival platform, check out HBO’s Stuart Fails to Save the Universe.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

Just as Papa was putting the check lines over his shoulders, he said, “Oh, by the way, did you find Sally Gooden?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Picking up the pace is a worthy goal, he said, but that would mean beefing up the workforce, disrupting traffic and commerce with more street closures, and asking customers to write bigger checks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Local officials had issued the documents based on this information, raising questions about whether they failed to conduct adequate checks.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

These checks are intended to protect the Artemis III astronauts while they remain inside Orion during both docking tests.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

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

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

I figure he’ll just glance at it, but he checks everything.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

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

It’s a long way from where the company started, with Yancopoulos growing his first cells in one-liter bottles checked and fed by hand every 12 hours, on homemade wooden roller machines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

I checked my teeth in the visor mirror and was immediately horrified by thick saggy jowls, eye bags and liver spots.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The Blue Origin spacecraft will follow a planned trajectory into a designated "parking" orbit, where its systems can be checked.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The report said: "Their condition was checked 31 days post-death and deterioration was found; however, the baby was not moved into freezer storage until 151 days post-death."

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

If Pili was the last person to have checked it out, then maybe, just maybe, there was some information that could lead Danny to her.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

After some quick fact checking, “Hot Ones” production confirmed that Holland was correct — among English-speaking countries, anyway.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

I had no idea everyone else on our team was offering our manager updates once or twice a day — meanwhile, I was checking in with her once a week.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

With the replacement pipe in place, workers transitioned to slowly refilling the pipe to restore pressure, disinfecting the water line with chlorine and checking for any leaks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

She did not anticipate checking her phone during the World Cup to see this message:

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

He might have visited them already, in fact, but I won’t have a way of checking in with him before my evening shift begins.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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