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checkup

[chek-uhp] / ˈtʃɛkˌʌp /


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Burris Duncan, 34, had just lost her job and couldn’t afford a professional checkup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

In the Fix My Portfolio column, Beth Pinsker provided advice for a four-point midyear money checkup.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Most presidential check-up reports, though, contain details of mundane ailments: "Doctors removed a precancerous skin lesion from the tip of his nose", reads a New York Times report on Bill Clinton's annual checkup from 1996.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

At a routine 20-week checkup, however, she learned that she was suffering from preterm premature rupture of membranes and that her baby would not survive.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

The medical checkup took place outside, early in the morning, before three doctors seated on a bench.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

When her pets’ annual checkups roll around, Tran said pet insurance will help cover some of the costs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

He keeps track of his condition with checkups every four months and said his sees the experience as a way to connect with others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But the appointment arrives amid continued public discussion surrounding Trump’s physical condition, stamina, and increasingly frequent medical checkups.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

The only additional interaction they’ll have is for health checkups or, when the time comes, lugging the cub and his mama through tough mountain terrain to a new enclosure.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh




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