in check
Example Sentences
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It called for the federal government to provide more financial support to improve aging water infrastructure and help keep costs in check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Analysts have praised Microsoft for being the “adult in the room” by keeping its artificial-intelligence spending in check.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
It comes amid a series of recent warnings from people inside the industry about the rapidly evolving capabilities of advanced or "frontier" AI models and the regulation needed to keep them in check.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Just keep your expectations in check regardless of how much you plunked down for that round-trip ticket in business class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Once Prince Dain is the High King, his spies can haunt the shadows of Elfhame with only Dain himself to keep us in check.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
