The store hired a guard to put a check on shoplifting.
Examples of put a check on in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe Supreme Court ruling almost immediately put a check on the Labor Department’s authority.—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 5 July 2024 The quick move triggered a trading halt of five minutes, which exchanges use to put a check on volatile stock moves.—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024 In Israel’s parliamentary system, there is no separate legislature to put a check on the executive, or prime minister.—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 24 July 2023 But those dollars would be better spent making more races competitive in states where suburban and independent voters will be looking to put a check on Democratic excess.—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021 That task has fallen almost entirely to Democrats, who captured the House in 2018 to put a check on Mr. Trump and then ejected him from the White House in November.—New York Times, 13 Feb. 2021 Most Republican strategists hope to keep the focus on Democrats, knowing voters typically want to put a check on those in power.—The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2021 The idea was to put a check on the social network’s power, which was being roundly criticized by government officials, academics and the public over allowing the spread of Russian disinformation, inflammatory political discourse and hate speech.—Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2021 And that there were institutions of government, such as the Justice Department and the courts, that could put a check on his impulses.—Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2020
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