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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
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NOUN
pattern of squares
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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

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

More broadly, investors opened the new era in Washington with hopes Congress would revert to its traditional role as a check on presidential power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Maybe you just deleted something by mistake. Did you check in the Delete file?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Luxus purchases bags that are already authenticated, with additional checks performed by a separate consultant and the firm’s resale partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Airbnb said "no verification system is foolproof" but identity checks across the platform were "designed to help users have greater confidence that people on Airbnb are who they say they are".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

Tuesday's Ryanair flight landed without incident in Murcia, and the emergency plan was deactivated after checks by Spain's Civil Guard.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The catcher blocks the ball with his chest protector, gobbles it up, and checks Luis down at second.

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

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

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

Some of them know they need glasses but haven’t gotten their eyes checked or bought their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

She checked her GPS, but it had gone completely squirrelly.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

It was only when they returned home that Savannah's mother suggested checking Arló's sweets.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

At times, she said, she was the only worker in the store, juggling the register, stocking shelves and helping customers, as well as counting inventory and checking cooler temperatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

For people who need to open a new credit card rather than transfer a balance, Schulz recommends checking out federal credit unions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 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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