recheck

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verb

re·check (ˌ)rē-ˈchek

rechecked; rechecking; rechecks

Synonyms of recheck next

transitive verb

: to check (something) again

… the repository locations had to be rechecked a month later, and again after a year, to meet the grant conditions.—

Joe Awad

… they had, in 20 minutes, cleared U.S. Immigration, retrieved their luggage, zipped through customs, rechecked their bags and were on their way to connect with a flight to Omaha …—

Alfred Borcover

recheck

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noun

re·check ˈrē-ˌchek

plural rechecks

: a second or subsequent check : reexamination

At first, he thought it was instrument error, but a recheck validated the measurements.—

Eugene Linden

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The National Archives last month asked former U.S. presidents and vice president s to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following news of the Biden and Pence discoveries. —

Jill Colvin And Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2023 Nikita Rees and Tom Wilson were returning to their home in Ontario after their honeymoon in Greece, and had been asked to recheck their bags before a connection flight in Montreal, but Wilson’s bag didn’t turn up at their destination. —

Alice Hearing, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023 The existing agreement between NASA and the Eastern Range only gave Artemis I a 25-day window to fly before having to recheck the FTS batteries. —

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022 New work published in Nature uses mice with a normal, functioning immune system to recheck this result. —

Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022 That gives us time to check in, to train, to recheck, to re-train, to debrief and to redo things right until the service is perfect. —

David Hochman, Forbes, 28 May 2022 You may be prescribed testosterone replacement therapy, and doctors will recheck your levels and talk to you about symptoms regularly. —

Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 12 Feb. 2023 The National Archives last month asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents. —

Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2023 The National Archives last month asked former U.S. presidents and vice president s to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following news of the Biden and Pence discoveries. —

Jill Colvin And Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2023

Noun

Anyone with a temperature of 100.4 or above after a 10-minute recheck will be sent home, according to school officials. —

Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 6 Aug. 2020 See More

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