checks out
Example Sentences
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If everything checks out, Orion will make its “trans-lunar injection,” leaving Earth’s orbit and starting on their four-day journey to the moon.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
The administration official said original projected pay dates were later, but the dates changed after the White House pushed to get checks out as soon as possible.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025
“I have watched it grow. Now we’re bursting at the seams out of here,” says Ramstead as he checks out a costume designer shopping for the upcoming season of “Abbott Elementary.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
“Grass,” Victoria sighs brainlessly, and she checks out from reality again, unaware that vapid admission has cast her in the grim two-hander playing in her frantic husband's head.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025
“My parents dragged me both times. It’s total mumbo jumbo, though. Nothing checks out, absolutely nothing scientific about what they claim. But people eat it up.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
