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Recent Examples of checker
In the run-up to Hegseth’s confirmation hearings to lead the Pentagon, critics questioned whether a former TV personality with limited and checkered managerial experience was really the best fit for such a key role.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2025
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg suggested at the time that the fact checkers had become too politically biased, and that resulted in a lack of trust.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Looking for a solution, English artist Norman Wilkinson approached Britain’s King George V with models of ships adorned in zig-zag and checkered patterns in shades of gray, black, white, green, orange, and blue.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
Related article Meta is getting rid of fact checkers.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2025
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg suggested at the time that the fact checkers had become too politically biased, and that resulted in a lack of trust.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Looking for a solution, English artist Norman Wilkinson approached Britain’s King George V with models of ships adorned in zig-zag and checkered patterns in shades of gray, black, white, green, orange, and blue.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
Related article Meta is getting rid of fact checkers.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for checker
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Mary’s hair is in tight, skull-close curls, her forehead and cheekbones high, dark and light swirls of wood grain patterning her skin.—
Lamorna Ash,
The Dial,
6 May 2025
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Donning wide-lapel suits in rich colors, patterned shirts with exaggerated collars, and signature accessories like oversized tinted glasses and berets spoke to a kind of everyday hustler.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 May 2025
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Moments later, the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows display team streaked across the sky in a flypast that left trails of red, white and blue smoke.—
Olivia Kemp,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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Photos taken in the plant show equipment whose outer surface was streaked with drips from formula ingredients that had leaked.—
Heather Vogell,
ProPublica,
4 Apr. 2025
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The black and white striped design was crafted using more than 1.4 million individual beads and required 7,600 hours of handwork.—
Laurie Brookins,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
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Snag striped button-downs à la Katie Holmes and more billowy styles for as little as $10.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Nice flavors include Italian Butter Cookie (cookie pieces flecked into Speculoos ice cream with brown sugar and cinnamon) and Espresso Royale (dark roast coffee flavor with a blend of Ethiopian and Sumatra beans, with hints of vanilla and brown sugar).—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2025
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On the menu Tuesday night, the first of the nine-day dinner series that ends April 30, were several dishes from Pujol’s past, including an avocado flauta with shrimp, and skewered baby corn coated in a coffee mayonnaise flecked with chicatana ants.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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There’s a nice mix of experience and youth marbled through the lineup, with Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers leading the offence.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Dunk them into a water marbling bath, then paint the tops metallic and add a satin bow to hang them.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Dec. 2024
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The 656-foot vessel, called the Golden Ray, has been lying since early September off a slice of the Georgia coast specked with resorts and sprawling high-dollar homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Nov. 2019
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Now, their territory has fewer than 1,000 residents and consists of about 7,300 acres, with roads wandering through woods specked with modest family homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2018
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Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
1 May 2025
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The floor-length, black gown, which debuted in Paris Couture Week earlier this year, features an asymmetrical top speckled with flames, and a sheer skirt that flows into a long train — also enveloped in flames.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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June will never see the Monets, mottled and dreamy, hanging in the Musée d’Orsay.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Argentine tegu has mottled black and white skin.—
Cheryl McCloud,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Checker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checker. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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