checkpoint
noun
check·point
ˈchek-ˌpȯint 
: a point at which a check is performed
vehicles were inspected at various checkpoints
Examples of checkpoint in a Sentence
Our car was stopped at a police checkpoint before we were permitted to cross the border.
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For Palestinians, refugee camps have hardened into towns, and checkpoints into landmarks.
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Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Washington — Travelers going through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Detroit Metro Airport will come face-to-face with a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the shutdown of the federal government.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Reporting directly from Gaza, Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me by Mohammed Sawwaf follows a mother desperate to reach her two newborn babies in urgent care, evacuated amid bombings and prevented from seeing them by travel restrictions and checkpoints.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
If someone was stopped at the road checkpoints, such as one that was set up on 14th Street Northwest, MPD officers could bring in ICE or Border Patrol standing nearby to confirm a person’s immigration status.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
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Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Washington — Travelers going through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Detroit Metro Airport will come face-to-face with a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the shutdown of the federal government.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Reporting directly from Gaza, Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me by Mohammed Sawwaf follows a mother desperate to reach her two newborn babies in urgent care, evacuated amid bombings and prevented from seeing them by travel restrictions and checkpoints.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
If someone was stopped at the road checkpoints, such as one that was set up on 14th Street Northwest, MPD officers could bring in ICE or Border Patrol standing nearby to confirm a person’s immigration status.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Checkpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkpoint. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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checkpoint
noun
check·point
ˈchek-ˌpȯint
: a point at which a check is carried out
vehicles were inspected at different checkpoints
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