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checkup

[chek-uhp] / ˈtʃɛkˌʌp /


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Meanwhile, the annual checkup, long the cornerstone of preventive care, is faltering.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 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

“We were actually out there for Rowan’s first checkup after finishing his last round of systemic chemo,” Olson said, “so the whole trip already carried this sense of celebration and relief.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

“For what they give you to eat, kid . . .” I found another answer: my crown had been listed in the register during the medical checkup; this could mean trouble for us both.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

For the most part, childhood checkups establish a baseline of progress that concludes at 18 years of age.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 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

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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