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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.
Recent Examples of checkup from the Web
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Starting next month, Ms. Corchado and her three children will have all their basic health care needs — like checkups, dentistry and physical therapy — met in a stylish health center on the edge of Downtown Brooklyn.
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Then the Cowboys, who are owned by Arkansas alum Jerry Jones, decided to take a look, but not before another series of checkups.
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Planned Parenthood will also lose Medicaid funding for at least one year, meaning low-income women and men will go without preventative services like birth control, cancer screening, and well-visit checkups.
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The clip, released anonymously, appears to show Liu receiving checkups, medical consultations and undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging procedure.
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One railroad worker was transported to a local hospital for checkup.
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Taken together, that could suggest dogs and cats in those states have lower rates of preventive care or regular vet checkups, Breuninger said.
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The box-office checkup also comes as the U.S. and China are set to revisit a 2012 World Trade Organization joint memorandum on film distribution rights and as the MPAA seeks to increase the number of U.S. films available to Chinese viewers.
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My lovely, thorough, and smart GP says every year at my annual checkup: Please tell me you’re not taking any supplements.
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First Known Use of checkup
1921
CHECKUP Defined for English Language Learners
checkup
playDefinition of checkup for English Language Learners
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: an examination of a person made by a doctor to make sure the person is healthy; also : an instance of looking at the parts of a machine to make sure it is working properly
CHECKUP Defined for Kids
checkup
playDefinition of checkup for Students
1 : inspection, examination
2 : a general physical examination made by a doctor or veterinarian
Medical Dictionary
checkup
playMedical Definition of checkup
: examination; especially : a general physical examination
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