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past tense of check (out)

checked out

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verb (2)

past tense of check out

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Recent Examples of checked (out)
Verb
Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury. Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 Mac Jones did not throw Wednesday because of a sore shoulder that checked out clean and should be ready for training camp, which is expected to open July 25 or 26. Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026 Police checked out Hopkins' story. Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2026 Lamar Odom has reportedly checked out of rehab after completing a 30-day program following his DUI arrest earlier this year. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 Soon, however, Sarah began not feeling well and her OBGYN told her to get checked out at a hospital. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026 The outlet also said that Simmons was taken to a hospital after the accident to be checked out. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025 Now, a recent Urban performance has resurfaced that points to, if not that, at least the fact that the singer was mentally checked out a while ago. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2025 But plenty of people checked out before that became clear. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checked (out)
Verb
  • Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • The Addiction Hiding Behind ‘Getting Even’ Neuroscientists have scanned the brains of people who experience a grievance and then have a chance at payback.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The two crew members — one Greek and one Danish national — died when their helicopter collided with another near the seaside area of Psatha while tackling the fire that started Friday morning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide, finding that the child died from entrapment after being placed and tied inside a plastic trash bag beneath bloody paper towels and other garbage.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Afterward, rescuers and a veterinary team from the University of California, Davis examined the horse and sedated it.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • However, no one had directly examined fully strained films thinner than about four nanometers using techniques capable of measuring both the motion and spin of electrons at the same time.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The return to form is all the more stunning given that book sales overall are barely rising, and Amazon, which nearly felled Barnes & Noble in the 2010s, is still a threat.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Each measures 500 square feet, with its walls, ceilings, and timber beams made from pine trees felled on site.
    Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic—all reportedly in attendance at Tuesday’s closed-door meeting—reviewed a draft and submitted edits in late July, Politico reported.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Privacy Bee’s analysis team has reviewed many hundreds of data broker sites and developed highly detailed guides for handling your opt-out requests.
    Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Ulbrich was away from the team after his wife, Cristina, passed away July 26 following a long battle with cancer.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The first was Simon Gourdine, who took the role in 1974 and passed away in 2012.
    Jabari Young, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 207,000 new applications.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Nearly 90% of the farmworkers surveyed feared detention and deportation.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • After Romo stepped out of his car, the deputy grabbed his backpack.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Hwang’s partner stepped out of the car to confront the man, who threw a punch.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

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“Checked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checked%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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