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adjective

as in controlled

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verb

past tense of check

as in corresponded

to be in agreement on every point their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness

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as in stopped

to bring (something) to a standstill a tree finally checked the skidding car

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as in contained

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met

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It was invented at a whiteboard, assumed from a handful of conversations, or inferred from the founder's own experience and never checked against the people supposed to feel it. — Paul Evans, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 The father checked the home’s surveillance footage, which showed a 26-year-old man masturbating outside the girl’s bedroom window, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 It was edited by Marianne McCune and it was fact checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Annlie Huang. — Jeff Guo, NPR, 22 July 2026 Jenny Lin, a senior product designer who lives in San Francisco, said that AI content still needs to be checked by humans. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 The malware also checked wallet extensions such as MetaMask and Phantom. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 Oyster was checked by a specialist vet who deemed her as healthy and has since been settling into a sanctuary with specialist facilities for primates. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 Now those models can be checked against actual physical observations. — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026 Jordan says women should get their A1c checked annually after age 30. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 July 2026

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Adjective

Which in layman’s terms means the Canvas L can produce more precise, controlled and transparent sound.

— John Archer, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Hurteau says while many land managers and fire experts have been working to restore forest health, there still isn't nearly enough controlled burning being done.

— Lauren Sommer, NPR, 4 May 2026

Definition of controlled

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To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
In Conversation with Peter Mishler For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with poet Ye Hui.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026

Definition of corresponded

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After Blake Street Cemetery stopped accepting new burials in 1931, New Haven began relying on another paupers’ cemetery located on Woodin Street.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
On May 2, 2024, in the midst of worsening conditions in Gaza, Petro severed diplomatic relations with Israel and stopped lucrative exports of coal to Israel, as well as all weapons deals.

— Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026

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After the fatal shooting, an FBI agent said small bags consistent with drug packaging that contained a substance resembling methamphetamine could be seen in plain view inside the vehicle.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 July 2026
Samantha Tosch, a criminalist with the Los Angeles Police Department, testified that a swab taken from the trash bag during the search of the house contained a mixture of DNA from four people.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026

Definition of contained

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Where Heron feels restrained and almost surgical, Hornbill is shaped for users who want more contact with the handle, more leverage through the cut, and a stronger physical presence without moving into oversized tactical-knife territory.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
Drewchin operates in this more restrained mode throughout the record, peeling back the layers of her dizzying art pop.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

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The aggressive push by streamers has coincided with the near-total collapse of regional sports cable channels — outlets that were not so long ago the most profitable engines of pay TV.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
That slide has coincided with a drop in SpaceX, Elon Musk's other trillion-dollar company, which held a record market debut in June and has lost almost 40% of its value since its peak close.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 July 2026

Definition of coincided

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Yet with a lack of funds, officials halted further work, leaving the stands partially destroyed and deserted.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
The state Department of Environmental Protection halted the practice in 2018, but residents continue to report oil and gas brine being spread in their communities.

— Nathaniel Warner, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

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