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checkup

[chek-uhp] / ˈtʃɛkˌʌp /


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Doctors’ visits rarely exceed $50, and we can get a yearly checkup and comprehensive panel of blood tests for about the same amount.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

That kind of invasive sampling is not something that can be done during a routine checkup.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

But there’s a difference between a doctor who catches something early on a routine checkup, and a doctor who runs into the waiting room yelling, “Cancel my afternoon appointments.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

“I went in for a PET scan, just a routine checkup, and something flared on the PET scan,” the comedian told “Today’s” Craig Melvin.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

But on a checkup visit, he was dismayed to find that the manager was focusing his sales effort not on Buicks but on ponderous Thomas Flyers.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand