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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
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NOUN
pattern of squares
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"Al-Kharj is now in the news, and friends call to check on us with almost every update," said government employee Turki, who also gave just his first name.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Grede suggests women put their dreams and financial goals down on paper, and check in on them annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Bird designed tools to help the kids budget, and holds weekly money meetings to check in and reinforce the ideas she hopes her children, now 11, 9 and 8 years old, will internalize.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

For Redick, speaking for the first time since news of Doncic’s injury, he had to check on the temperature of his team to make sure his group was in the right space.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

"We'll have to check to make sure we still have enough."

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville