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checkered

[chek-erd] / ˈtʃɛk ərd /


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It still features the dazzling double staircase and checkered marble flooring in the grand entryway.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Musk’s previous combinations of SolarCity with Tesla and X —formerly Twitter—with xAI point to a checkered history of value creation via mergers.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

A series on BritBox blends the police thriller with complex family drama in following a magistrate with a checkered past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Barbieland author Tarpley Hitt tells us all about the checkered past of the world’s most famous doll.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

There was a marching formation now, and in their own dim body light, the rough-hewn walls of the mine tunnel swam past noiselessly, checkered with misty erratic blobs of shadow.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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