Example Sentences

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Checks are still widely used by small businesses, but have become less common among large companies, according to research from the Federal Reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

“The top factor eating into retirement checks and causing a loss of buying power is premiums. Checks don’t go as far,” said Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare analyst.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Checks by officers established the identity of the brown and white spaniel who was handed back to her "very happy" owners.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Checks were being carried out for passengers in Britain before they cross the border, especially at London's St Pancras station and the port of Dover.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Off the track, Woolf steered clear of the town’s appeals to vice, preferring late-morning pit stops in Checks Sloan’s restaurant for a complimentary beer and a bowl of turtle soup.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand