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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

This is one of the reasons I didn't put up much of a fight when Officer Khan told me I'd have to go back to the hospital for a checkup.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

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

From Salon May 25, 2026

They exercise and get regular checkups, but have several artificial joints between them.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 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

Women are more than four times as likely as men to attend routine checkups, largely because of gynecologic and obstetric visits.

From Science Daily Jan. 30, 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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