check in

verb

Definition of check innext
1
as in to burst (in or into)

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2
as in to enroll

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for check in
  1. blow in
  2. enroll
  3. matriculate
  4. list
  5. register
  6. conscript
  7. draft
  8. inscribe
Verb
  • After legal proceedings were dormant for more than a year, Netflix has suffered a blow in its efforts to get Fiona Harvey‘s lawsuit thrown out of court.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The veteran Dodgers utilityman took advantage of his first start in these playoffs and delivered the key blow in Los Angeles' 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of their NL Division Series on Tuesday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of blow in
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  • Born in Odessa, Kotlyarenko moved to New York and enrolled at Columbia University, taking film, philosophy and literature.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The governor’s office expects that 200,000 California students will enroll in CalFresh as a result of these changes, and expects to distribute over a quarter billion dollars in additional food assistance.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of enroll
Verb
  • Constructing a curriculum From 30 to 50 applications, the construction capstone program matriculates about 32 students a year, split into four-hour morning and afternoon classes with about 16 seats each.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Daniels and Washington woke up, and started to do what offenses do against the Cowboys — matriculate the football up and down the football field.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of matriculate
Verb
  • The government would only be able to use money collected through the sales tax items for the purposes listed on the ballot.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Vail is home to one of the largest ski resorts in North America and is known for its luxury real estate market where some properties are listed for tens of millions of dollars.
    — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of list
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  • Social events where fraternities and sororities mix with one another and with unaffiliated members are usually at least registered with university officials.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The commission says the revision is aimed to remove duplicate and ineligible entries while ensuring eligible voters remain registered.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of register
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  • As things are though, Digger isn’t a successful enough movie to perform the job it’s been conscripted into.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Stephen Schwartz, another alumnus of Carnegie Mellon, was conscripted to write a new set of songs.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of conscript
Verb
  • Under his guidance in 1977, the Padres drafted future Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith in the fourth round.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Regan and his team finished drafting the initiative and began investing union funds in signature-gathering.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of draft
Verb
  • Since the invention of the Monte Carlo method in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, algorithmic programming has quickly inscribed itself in most, if not all, human experiences.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Archaeologists excavating Hattusa, the former capital of the Hittite Empire in what is now Turkey, discovered a fragment of a clay tablet inscribed with Akkadian cuneiform, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of inscribe
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