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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Get an insurance checkup and document your possessions.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Childhood is a critical window for preventive services and routine checkups that build the foundation for lifelong health.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Looking back now, Hollie realizes there were subtle signs that something might have been off — but at the time, nothing stood out until their son Bedford’s 15-month checkup.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Kids who go to a Henry Ford doctor more often get more checkups, more tests and more chances for their diseases to be found and recorded in the Henry Ford system.
—Jeffrey Morris, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Childhood is a critical window for preventive services and routine checkups that build the foundation for lifelong health.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Looking back now, Hollie realizes there were subtle signs that something might have been off — but at the time, nothing stood out until their son Bedford’s 15-month checkup.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Kids who go to a Henry Ford doctor more often get more checkups, more tests and more chances for their diseases to be found and recorded in the Henry Ford system.
—Jeffrey Morris, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
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 12 Oct. 2025.
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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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