plural checkups
: a general examination of someone's or something's condition
… Take your car or minivan to the garage for a thorough checkup.—
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: a periodic medical or dental examination
Family history for breast, prostate and colon cancer is one of the first things any competent doctor asks you about at a checkup. —Peter Huber
Peter Huber After each checkup, the dentist asks, "Have you been flossing?" The big lie: "Of course." —Jin Lee
Jin Lee Examples of checkup in a Sentence
She goes for a checkup every year.
The doctor gave me a checkup.
She brought in her car for a 30,000-mile checkup.
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Satisfied with medical procedures already in place, NASA ordered no extra checkups for the crew ahead of liftoff and no new diagnostic equipment was packed.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Many people do not get annual checkups, and a lot of people lie about their health.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Keep up with routine checkups to monitor these metrics.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Feb. 2026
During Coulier's six-month checkup and PET scans, doctors discovered a flare-up had returned as an enlarged tumor.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Many people do not get annual checkups, and a lot of people lie about their health.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Keep up with routine checkups to monitor these metrics.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Feb. 2026
During Coulier's six-month checkup and PET scans, doctors discovered a flare-up had returned as an enlarged tumor.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for checkup
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“Checkup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkup. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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checkup
noun
check·up
ˈchek-ˌəp 
: examination sense 1
a dental checkup
especially
: a general physical examination
Medical Definition
checkup
noun
check·up
ˈchek-ˌəp
: examination
especially
: a general physical examination
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