- present participle of check.
checking
Example Sentences
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The real value is checking your plan every year and watching which way your probability of success is moving.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The food may be great, but you barely saw your guests because you were stuck tending the grill, checking the oven or assembling plates.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
We should be checking whether it and dozens of other companies of the future decide that Washington is the best place for them to grow, creating much-needed jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It said the NAO figure referred to the total number of cases they are checking to see if they need monitoring.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I switched on do not disturb but kept checking the lock screen to see if Traveler had messaged.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
