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checkup

[chek-uhp] / ˈtʃɛkˌʌp /


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"Once you have a diagnosis, you're still necessarily not treated in the manner that you should, I don't even get a checkup," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

At a recent health checkup, doctors had discovered a small nodule in the 71-year-old pontiff’s lung, known as adenocarcinoma.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

If you aspire to live like a wealthy person, give yourself a midyear financial checkup this summer.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Alex is not showing off during his checkup.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Afterward, Germany’s public healthcare covered my pregnancy checkups, a C-section, two nights in the hospital and at-home midwife visits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 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

Just 16% of school-age kids on Medi-Cal saw an eye doctor between 2022 and 2024 for first-time eye exams, continuing vision checkups or glasses, according to a report commissioned by the California Optometric Assn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026

Did the ghosts of Levantine girls haunt those cursory checkups, suggested by the fragility of my collarbone, or the birdcall of my small, congested lungs?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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