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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness
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as in stopped
to bring (something) to a standstill
a tree finally checked the skidding car
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as in contained
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met
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Recent Examples of checked
Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Mehta says levels should be checked starting from age 18.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
This performance checked all the boxes — and it was done at a supremely high level.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
For Navar, the real concern is that people aren’t getting their cholesterol checked at all.
—Akshay Syal, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
That means those paper ballots can be checked against whatever the machines tally and they are checked.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Republica Dominicana, Jamaica, Haiti, Antillas, United States, and Canada, all got name checked.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Huerter, who played under Brown’s Sacramento Kings, checked into the game for the Pistons in the fourth quarter with Detroit nursing a 30-point lead and made his first basket with his new team with just over six minutes left in the final frame.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
Be aware that ultra-low-cost carriers like Frontier charge low base fares with additional fees for seat assignments, carry-on and checked bags and other amenities.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 1 Feb. 2026
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One year later, Delaney reportedly checked into a rehabilitation center, per the outlet.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Mehta says levels should be checked starting from age 18.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
This performance checked all the boxes — and it was done at a supremely high level.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
For Navar, the real concern is that people aren’t getting their cholesterol checked at all.
—Akshay Syal, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
That means those paper ballots can be checked against whatever the machines tally and they are checked.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Republica Dominicana, Jamaica, Haiti, Antillas, United States, and Canada, all got name checked.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Huerter, who played under Brown’s Sacramento Kings, checked into the game for the Pistons in the fourth quarter with Detroit nursing a 30-point lead and made his first basket with his new team with just over six minutes left in the final frame.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
Be aware that ultra-low-cost carriers like Frontier charge low base fares with additional fees for seat assignments, carry-on and checked bags and other amenities.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checked
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Thiesse is his antithesis – quiet, controlled and polite.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Not in an overly aggressive way, just pretty controlled, moving the ball around.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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Several musical artists have cut ties with sports and entertainment talent agency Wasserman after the files showed that its CEO, Casey Wasserman, corresponded with Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell in the early 2000s.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, the new subdivisions corresponded nicely to a map that Hintiryan and colleagues published in 2016 based on an entirely different technique, which traced connections between the caudoputamen and other regions.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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That has not stopped him from being a frequent guest on cable and network television.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
16 Feb. 2026
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Only recently had many countries stopped treating solo female travelers as a problem to be managed, no longer refusing them hotel rooms when traveling without a man, or denying them credit cards to pay for it.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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The best-selling book contained several bombshell revelations, many of which were related to Spears’ controversial conservatorship, which finally ended in 2021.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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Fungi fossils preserved in the chert contained compounds from the breakdown of chitin and glucan, key structural molecules in fungi.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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When Bea Kim was 9, one of those weekends coincided with the JLA Banked Slalom competition.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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Her career hiatus coincided with the termination of her conservatorship – which lasted nearly 14 years – in November 2021, following a case that brought intense scrutiny to her personal life and troubled past and also prompted a movement led by longtime fans.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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However, according to the company, shortly after midnight on January 22, an alarm in the control rod monitoring system halted the withdrawal of one control rod.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Charlotte couldn’t get enough defensive stops down the stretch, however, and saw its nine-game win streak — which was the longest since 1999 — halted.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2026
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That builds on similar trends throughout 2025, when the industry buoyed an otherwise slow labor market, as the nation’s hospitals, clinics and nursing homes kept hiring even as many employers pulled back.—
Abha Bhattarai,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2026
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But with fewer trees along the highway and more grassy areas, flame heights are kept well below seven or eight feet, which would threaten evacuation.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Hours after Pretti was shot dead while restrained and kneeling, Leon Virden and one of his sons joined a protest near the scene.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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Beatrix, first as crown princess and later as queen, continued to use the tiara, although with a more restrained use, often combining it with other pieces of the ensemble or reserving it for very specific diplomatic appointments.—
Marta Martínez Tato,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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