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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
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NOUN
pattern of squares
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On 6 August 2025, Hobie Harrison's parents called Norfolk Police to request a welfare check after he failed to respond to them.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

You can check if it was that exact date, it was Maryland playing Iowa, I think February of 2024, but again, you could check that out if that’s what we’re talking about.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The check NorthPoint Development offered to send each of the 4,500 households in Hazle Township, Pa., if it was allowed to build a data center in the Pocono foothills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I have had patients come to me to check their cup-to-disk ratios in light of the new data,” Melinda Hakim, an ophthalmologist in Los Angeles, said in an email.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

I check the clock on my phone, avoiding his pleading gaze.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Then, $10,000 checks would go out to each of the 4,500 households there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Dalvin Brown details how the rule works and weighs the pros and cons for families deciding between earlier payouts and bigger lifetime checks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

It was “able to run its entire list of 18 million voters” through the expanded system of checks “in bulk and for no cost.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

First things first: Make sure you secure your next checks while you address the two that were returned.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Momma puts the chops on the cutting board so they can rest, and checks the rice.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

Wall Street has increasingly focused on companies with a clear story for how they will monetize AI, and Microsoft has checked that box recently, Lee noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Before the rule change, that was rarely checked upfront for parcels under $800 in value because of a decades-old customs exemption for low-value mail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She said people should always get repetitive headaches checked out by a GP.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The onetime Calvin Klein model had checked into the facility just hours before, around 10 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

She checked her GPS, but it had gone completely squirrelly.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

U.S. stock futures rose as market sentiment strengthened in early European trade, with investors checking expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate hikes and bracing for inflation data later Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

About $7.12 trillion sits in consumer and business bank checking accounts, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Muse and similar agentic AI assistants could soon sweep household cash automatically into accounts paying 3.3% to 5.0%, instead of the 0.1% national average on checking accounts,” Slok said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Forecasters say beachgoers should be cautious, checking with lifeguards on whether it’s safe to swim and staying off rock jetties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

They were checking shop numbers as they walked.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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