checkered

Example Sentences

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No small feat, considering its checkered, less-than-ambitious launch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

It still features the dazzling double staircase and checkered marble flooring in the grand entryway.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Musk’s previous combinations of SolarCity with Tesla and X —formerly Twitter—with xAI point to a checkered history of value creation via mergers.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

The Vietnam golf resort follows other Trump-branded projects around the world in which the Trump Organization picked local partners with limited experience or checkered histories to develop the sites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Then we started the engine and motored down the inky East River with the tall, checkered buildings blinking down at us.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos