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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
Synonyms


NOUN
pattern of squares
Synonyms




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Persistent deficits and heavy Treasury issuance could therefore limit how far long-term yields fall, even with a stronger congressional check on the administration, he says.

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

Party leaders vowed the morning after to respond to voters’ mandate on affordability and to check executive power, as members of both parties predicted the results would reshape politics for years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

Once the mail’s sorted, I turn on the computer to check the marina’s email and notice another envelope that I missed, wedged behind the monitor.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

You work when you can, you have a tenant/flatmate, and you keep your costs low and strive to cover your necessities with your Social Security checks.

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

U.S. stock indexes surged on hope that legislative gridlock, an AI slowdown and checks on presidential power will mark the start of a new era for the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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It recently repealed a pair of arcane provisions giving roughly three million public-sector retirees and certain disabled retirees larger Social Security checks at a cost of about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

I got out my check-book and deducted four checks drawn since the first of the month, and discovered I had a balance of $1832.60.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

Long queues form at the city's borders as vehicles are stopped and checked, leaving commuters stuck in traffic for hours.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

If customs officials checked on the car parts as they entered Brazil, they would see Porsche had logged 040 as scrapped—and seemingly of lesser value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Opening my backpack, I grabbed the book I’d checked out of the library just that morning.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

He stayed silent until around midnight, when all the Ukrainian infantry posts were checking in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Sephora said it investigates allegations of gift-card fraud reported to the company and has implemented protective measures including employee training, gift-card limits and guidance on checking balances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“They can’t resist checking out the new people. You just have to find...aha.”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley


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