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verb (1)

past tense of check (out)
as in scanned
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)

past tense of check out
as in died
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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Recent Examples of checked (out)
Verb
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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checked (out)
  1. scanned
  2. died
  3. examined
  4. fell
  5. reviewed
  6. passed away
  7. surveyed
  8. stepped out
Verb
  • Scientists gave participants blind taste tests, then scanned their brains during tastings.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Woodland’s cameras have scanned more than 392,000 license plates in the past 30 days, according to the department’s transparency website.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of scanned
Verb
  • On September 9, the Prince of Wales will represent the British royal family at the funeral of King Harald V of Norway, who died at 89 years old on August 28.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Dotson was taken to a hospital and died about nine hours after he was shot.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of died
Verb
  • Still, the study helps to explain previous research that has examined the connection between music and physiological and psychological stress responses.
    — Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026
  • China tests anti-drone artillery Wang Lei and his team examined how large-caliber guns could attack groups of small unmanned weapons.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of examined
Verb
  • The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • In a 30-page order filed in the Southern District of Florida reviewed by USA TODAY, Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis denied a defense motion for the brothers' release.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • After the 2012 pay cut, salaries were reviewed again in 2017 but the government chose not to adopt a recommendation to increase them.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of reviewed
Verb
  • Orlando also honored Remi Crépeau, Maxime’s father, who recently passed away.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Anita Finley Derr Florida A stranger's hug My older brother passed away unexpectedly on December 30, 2019.
    — Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of passed away
Verb
  • According to a 2024 Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll, just 19 percent of those surveyed expressed concern about foreign threats.
    — Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
  • As City surveyed the market for forward options last week, several sources familiar with Alvarez’s situation indicated that his former side monitored developments to see whether a return would be possible, but did not receive any encouragement.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of surveyed
Verb
  • After the Mercedes swung around and law enforcement vehicles surrounded it, the driver stepped out with his hands up — only to swiftly step back inside.
    — Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • While the 38-year-old never exactly stepped out of the spotlight, she’s spent the last few years focused on acting jobs and raising four kids with her husband, singer-songwriter-producer Matthew Koma.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of stepped out

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