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checkup

[chek-uhp] / ˈtʃɛkˌʌp /


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Well, that happened to me earlier this month when I got hit with a $1,000 medical bill for a routine checkup that normally doesn’t cost me anything.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Most presidential check-up reports, though, contain details of mundane ailments: "Doctors removed a precancerous skin lesion from the tip of his nose", reads a New York Times report on Bill Clinton's annual checkup from 1996.

From BBC May 30, 2026

At a routine 20-week checkup, however, she learned that she was suffering from preterm premature rupture of membranes and that her baby would not survive.

From Slate May 4, 2026

He expected to get an update when he went back in two weeks for a checkup.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

The prison doctor came by to give me a brief checkup.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

She’ll have to do checkups every three months and it’s so stressful and takes so much out of you.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Afterward, Germany’s public healthcare covered my pregnancy checkups, a C-section, two nights in the hospital and at-home midwife visits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

But the appointment arrives amid continued public discussion surrounding Trump’s physical condition, stamina, and increasingly frequent medical checkups.

From Salon May 25, 2026

Women are more than four times as likely as men to attend routine checkups, largely because of gynecologic and obstetric visits.

From Science Daily Jan. 30, 2026

The only additional interaction they’ll have is for health checkups or, when the time comes, lugging the cub and his mama through tough mountain terrain to a new enclosure.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh




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