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check

[chek] / tʃɛk /


NOUN
symbol for ticking off
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NOUN
pattern of squares
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And if you want to start next week off right, check out Your Morning Slate, a newsletter that goes great with coffee.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

The CEO of Tri Pointe Homes, a home builder, has suggested that expectations around the legislation should be kept in check.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

Then, warns McQuarrie, your goal shouldn’t be to “come as close as possible to bouncing the check to the undertaker.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Agility Robotics, through a merger with the blank check company Churchill Capital Corp.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

The $2,500 check I carried in my parka, fastened to the lining with a safety pin.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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