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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
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NOUN
pattern of squares
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Los Angeles police did not find their bodies until four days later, when officers were sent to the home for a welfare check.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

You can check them on your phone: It won’t just tell you how much your investments are worth, but how much they have risen or fallen between the market opening at 9:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Plus, we check in on the premier Democratic primary of the year and goons showing up at the Federal Reserve construction site.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

“How do you check for something that you didn’t know you had to check for?” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I go up to check the dogs but they are all right—no signs of frostbite—so we continue.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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