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Stern says people will still be able to check multiple racial and ethnic identification boxes on forms to encompass all the ways they identify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Like Stahl, Ashley Carr has no choice but to check the emails and messages she receives while looking for her next role in business development and marketing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
If you want to watch a comedy, check out Coyote vs.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
"I wanted to arrive or depart or have the dragon boat involved somehow. So yes, the, the first step in all the planning was to check out the tide timetable."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I won’t be able to check anything off.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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When CPL buys an item, its system records the retail price; when a patron checks it out, that amount gets added to the running total.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
An “autodefensa,” or armed member of the town’s militia, checks a vehicle’s paperwork at one of the barricades erected to protect San Ángel Zurumucapio,.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The system then checks those readings for errors and combines them into a single package.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
If the pitch comes via LinkedIn, she checks if the profile image appears AI-generated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
I figure he’ll just glance at it, but he checks everything.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
I had thought I was playing aggressively because I checked out both “The Illusionists.”
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
That could mean that one problematic ballot in a mailing of 10,000 prevents the other 9,999 from being sent until the discrepancy is resolved and the batch checked again.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Over dinner with her parents in Milan, she checked the account for the first time in a few days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
She was checked over and told to go home.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“That. It’s just something we talked about the last time she checked in.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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In addition to checking off my goals, I was also heavily encouraged to shop for my bird’s closet, furnish his apartment, and complete the in-app quests.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
These tasks include: remembering school trips, checking for updates in parents' WhatsApp groups, noticing which parts of the house need cleaning, monitoring how much sleep children get, scheduling doctors' appointments and buying school uniforms.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Scheumack recommends going into the security settings of your email and social-media accounts, checking which devices are signed in and ending any suspicious or unknown sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
If I put my checking and savings accounts into the trust, would those funds be available to pay these expenses so the trustee would not have to pay out of pocket?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
“No bird to the north,” Alexander announced, checking the sextant.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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