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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
Synonyms


NOUN
pattern of squares
Synonyms




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Miller and Ruffin have made frequent trips to West Palm to check on the rebuild.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

In early August, election workers north of Spokane, Washington, went across the street to the post office to check for late mail-in ballots.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Jersey Airport said flights won't be running "until at least 17:00" while Cornwall Airport Newquay is warning passengers to check with their airline before travel.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

So always check what you are buying and who you are buying it from, and ask about their sales commissions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Every hour or so I could hear one of them open our door to check that four boys were safe and sound in their bunks before continuing on down the hall.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

At the land border with Benin, health forms were generic, asking about fevers but not mentioning Ebola and without temperature checks, an AFP reporter observed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

In all, Stafford said, about $50,000 moved through his account or others she had him set up, while another $100,000 in bad checks she sent him bounced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Three years on he is now having checks every six months and remains cancer-free.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But as I recently discussed with Prudential’s head of research, David Blanchett, insurance contracts for monthly checks solve a need that people say they want: guaranteed income in retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Some day this oil will go and there will be no more fat checks every few months from the Great White Father,” a chief of the Osage said in 1928.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

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

But by the time I opened the app to make my case, my shopper had already checked out.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Paris police said more than 3,000 people were stopped and checked by officers and 65 were arrested during the demonstration there.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

“You need to go have X, Y and Z done. You’re at an age, it’s possible; it’s likely that it’s not, but you need to go get checked.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Depressed and ashamed, he checked himself into Onsite, a Tennessee mental health retreat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The boy noticed that Toby had checked out.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Wearing drill-sergeant regalia, Porowski instructs a group of hapless male shopper actors in such supermarket fundamentals as distinguishing celery from leeks, checking expiration dates and identifying ripe bananas.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

He said preparing for severe weather involves checking and sharpening equipment, even when there is no guarantee of being called out.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Once they did, she briefly looked into canceling—even checking her travel insurance for a possible refund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Don’t even let the money hit your checking account.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Even if my mom did insist on checking in every few days, it hadn’t marred my fresh start at the mountain at all.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin


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