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checkpoint

[chek-point] / ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt /
NOUN
place to stop, assess something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assessment point border crossing checkpost control customs customs booth guardhouse guardpost milestone police blockade test point waypoint weigh station
STRONG


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Quail co-led the research, which examined how diet influences the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Israeli military said soldiers had rushed to the Judea Junction area, also known as the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint, after the early-morning shooting attack.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Arthur Britton was in Germany manning a checkpoint on the Oste River two weeks after the Nazi surrender when three Germans tried to cross the bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

If every risk leads us to add another checkpoint, fence or barrier, we may gain a sense of control but lose the ability to create the kind of public togetherness that forms a bonded city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He was surprised to see a new checkpoint on Aggrey Road and even more surprised that it was guarded by soldiers.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In the final phase, the elite international team that escorted her had to dodge Venezuelan security forces and duck police inspections at checkpoints as it smuggled her north.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The order exempts stops at ports of entry, checkpoints and other functional equivalents of the border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

These stable arrangements serve as molecular checkpoints, narrowing the enormous number of possible assembly routes into a much smaller set of successful pathways.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone, the BBC has travelled with government forces from Taiz through checkpoints to the line where the Houthi control ends and no man's land begins.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

We passed through various checkpoints, and finally came to a stop.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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