security check
noun
: an investigation for the purpose of seeing if someone can be trusted
All government employees are subject to a security check.
Examples of security check in a Sentence
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McGovern’s work on the film included the inventive effects used as Schwarzenegger’s Quaid and others pass through a sort of X-ray security check revealing their skeletons.
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Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
Or what about being so close to accidentally leaving your laptop at the TSA security check.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Inside the Testing Room Expect a thorough security check to ensure the integrity of the exam.
—Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024
Each location is evaluated on six factors: terminal facilities; airport arrival/departure; baggage claim; security check; check-in/baggage check; and food, beverage, and retail.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
In reality, there was simply one last security check as the group left the departure lounge.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
Flights could be impacted, because the passenger security check is located on the second floor, and was temporarily closed.
—Brittany Wallman South Florida Sun-Sentinel (tns), al, 6 Aug. 2023
On Friday afternoon, authorities at Kirkland Correctional Institution, an intake center in Columbia, found Leon hanging in his cell just minutes after a security check.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
Aside from the average, the maximum wait time passengers spent in line for a security check at any point in June was more than an hour and a half.
—Alison Saldanha, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2023
Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
Or what about being so close to accidentally leaving your laptop at the TSA security check.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Inside the Testing Room Expect a thorough security check to ensure the integrity of the exam.
—Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024
Each location is evaluated on six factors: terminal facilities; airport arrival/departure; baggage claim; security check; check-in/baggage check; and food, beverage, and retail.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
In reality, there was simply one last security check as the group left the departure lounge.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
Flights could be impacted, because the passenger security check is located on the second floor, and was temporarily closed.
—Brittany Wallman South Florida Sun-Sentinel (tns), al, 6 Aug. 2023
On Friday afternoon, authorities at Kirkland Correctional Institution, an intake center in Columbia, found Leon hanging in his cell just minutes after a security check.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
Aside from the average, the maximum wait time passengers spent in line for a security check at any point in June was more than an hour and a half.
—Alison Saldanha, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2023
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“Security check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20check. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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