CHECK OUT Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

Definition of check (out)

as in to examine

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) check out the house and let me know if you think it's worth buying

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verb (2)

as in to die

to stop living there are a lot of sights around the world that I want to see before I check out

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Verb

After braving the queues, fans will be able to select from the events with remaining inventory, choose between the categories still available, put tickets in their digital carts, and check out. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Except here, parents can bring their kids along for the festivities and check out a penguin exhibit or ride a roller coaster all in the same night. — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Noun

After a roughly three-month checkout period, the scope will start observing the heavens — hunting for exoplanets and shedding light on dark matter and dark energy, among other tasks. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Most resorts have checkout times around noon, but if your flight home isn’t until later that evening, there’s no need to rush off to the airport. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for check (out)

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Pakistan’s government rejected the allegations over the weekend, saying Khan was examined by doctors from the private hospital and that he could not be taken to Shifa International for security reasons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday were examining the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in the ocean off Boca Raton a day earlier.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of examine

Noun

The announcement comes after 7 Brew's 96-store trial run this past spring in Arkansas, where both the grocery giant and the coffee chain are headquartered.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
This could have been a trial run for a more permanent handoff of power.

— Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of trial run

Verb

At Hull’s railway station an hour or so later, a few Manchester United fans are scanning the departures board near Philip Larkin’s statue, which captures the late poet mid-stride.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Visitors will use smartphones to scan codes inside the Icon Park attraction for clues that will help track down five missing artifacts and the story behind the techniques used by Tussaud.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of scan

Verb

The continent's sweltering summer has meanwhile boosted demand for air conditioning and other energy-hungry appliances at a time when demand for gas, widely used for Europe's heating and cooking needs, naturally falls.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The Oscar winner paired a leopard-print Givenchy fall 2026 dress and the fashion house’s modern take on T-strap high heels.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of fall

Noun

Official homeless counts show RV numbers plunging in this 400-square-mile expanse, but wild statistical swings and locals’ on-the-ground observations suggest serious miscounts and an illusory improvement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Since its establishment in 2025, the border task force has conducted tens of thousands of detection and monitoring patrols and thousands of observation flights, the task force said.

— Mike Stone, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of observation

Verb

Congress now has 90 days of continuous session to review the agreement, which would go into effect absent objection.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Still, the archetypal influencer in our cultural imagination is not a man reviewing watches on YouTube or hosting a podcast from his studio in Austin.

— Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of review

Verb

In August 2023, 57-year-old photographer Bryan Randall passed away from complications related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

— Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
After Pitanguy passed away in 2016 and his wife Marilu in 2023, the family decided to sell the island for $100 million.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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