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past tense of check (out)

checked out

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verb (2)

past tense of check out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of checked (out)
Verb
Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Staff described students as often seeming physically and mentally worn down and checked out. — Crystal Cederna, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Taurus April 20 – May 20 Your mind may be willing to keep going long after the rest of you has checked out. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Lamb checked out of the room the next day, and a housekeeper found three large trash bags filled with bloody towels and linens that were also soiled with human waste, according to the report. — David Goodhue august 21, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checked (out)
Verb
  • Approximately 9,000 people have scanned the QR code, according to Williams.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The vintage suitcase that started it all was scanned and digitally printed on a handbag, the Capucines MM Genesis, and a mini attaché case with a shoulder strap, dubbed the Valisette Genesis, thereby capturing and preserving its singular patina.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Instead, three of those whales have died, along with another Shedd whale that did not come from Marineland.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This was a place that had died, a place where life no longer existed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The book examined the ways that social actors can respond to dysfunction and decline in organizations, from businesses to political parties and governments.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Breakthrough Institute found 10 organizations files 67% of forest management lawsuits examined.
    — Chris Edwards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Senate Bill 828 was shaped by fireworks industry insiders and public safety officials, who reviewed existing fireworks laws and available information about the July 1, 2025, explosion.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Bonnell was a probationary officer with the Porter County Sheriff's Office, and was fired on Monday after the department reviewed the incident, according to the sheriff's office.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Leading man Cory Monteith died due to an accidental overdose in 2013, and costar Naya Rivera passed away in 2020 in an accidental drowning while on a boat excursion with her young son.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Presley passed away at a rehab facility in Santa Monica, Calif.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Economists surveyed by Bloomberg this month raised their forecasts for China’s trade growth for the year, now expecting exports to grow 17 percent and imports to rise 22 percent.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Roughly 50% of the merchants that Adyen surveyed reported an increase in the number of false declines—legitimate orders that overzealous fraud filters reject.
    — Mark Beare, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Spatola stepped out of fatigues and back on to the hardwood as an assistant coach for Duke basketball between 2007 and 2012.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Engagement rumors between the two began to surface in 2016 and Munn even stepped out with a ruby on her ring finger.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Checked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checked%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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