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audit, check, examination, going-over, inspection, look-see, review, scan, scrutiny, survey, view
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This year’s annual checkup, which cost the city $457,000, paints a largely positive picture. — Dahlia Bazzaz, The Seattle Times, "Seattle’s preschool program, on the ballot for expansion, is steadily improving, according to external evaluation," 8 Oct. 2018 Meghan had been planning to visit Number 7 since the fall of 2018, after conversations with Field about the center and its plans to provide mothers with discrete and accessible baby checkups had impressed the duchess. — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, "Duchess Meghan Reveals Baby Secrets as She Brings Magic Touch to Royal Day Out," 14 Jan. 2019 With the exception of orthopedist appointments for knee pain, those waits were for healthy checkups, the lowest medical priority. — Scott W. Atlas, WSJ, "The False Promise of ‘Medicare for All’," 12 Nov. 2018 But some doctors include exercise stress tests as part of routine checkups, or as a safety check in people before certain surgeries. — Consumer Reports, Washington Post, "Some reasons not to rush into open-heart surgery," 26 Feb. 2018 The issue of executive health has taken on new urgency as President Donald Trump prepares to undergo his first checkup as commander-in-chief. — Fortune, "President Trump Is Getting a Physical Exam. Is Your CEO Doing the Same?," 12 Jan. 2018 At a four- or six-week checkup, you may be cleared to have intercourse again. — Kavin Senapathy, SELF, "You Can Probably Have Sex 6 Weeks After Giving Birth—But You Don’t Have to. And it Might Suck," 17 Aug. 2018 With a long future of skin cancer checkups ahead of her, one mom is chastising her younger self for spending every day in a tanning bed. — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, "Mom with Skin Cancer Chastises Her 16-Year-Old Self for Tanning: 'It's So Not Worth It'," 21 Mar. 2018 Jennifer’s cursory six-week checkup illustrates the beginning of the problem. — Laura Beil, Cosmopolitan, "Millions of Women Are Injured During Childbirth. Why Aren't Doctors Diagnosing Them?," 18 July 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'checkup.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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