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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Around noon, thousands of people were still filing through the security checkpoint into the stadium.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
One strike hit a police checkpoint while another hit a group of people in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser hospital, which received the bodies.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
In addition, for almost two years, his wife, Deltah, drove Henard to Childress every Tuesday for infusions of Keytruda, an immune checkpoint inhibitor used to prevent recurrence of disease by attacking stray cancer cells that may still be circulating in the body.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Wait times at security checkpoints at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport improved on Sunday as TSA continues to deal with staff shortages, and immigration agents are filling in to assist.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
One strike hit a police checkpoint while another hit a group of people in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser hospital, which received the bodies.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
In addition, for almost two years, his wife, Deltah, drove Henard to Childress every Tuesday for infusions of Keytruda, an immune checkpoint inhibitor used to prevent recurrence of disease by attacking stray cancer cells that may still be circulating in the body.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Wait times at security checkpoints at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport improved on Sunday as TSA continues to deal with staff shortages, and immigration agents are filling in to assist.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Checkpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkpoint. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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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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