checking

present participle of check
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of checking Pilots can reduce the risk by checking GPS reception and compass warnings before takeoff, selecting an appropriate RTH altitude and ensuring the home point has been recorded correctly. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026 The best way to find out whether a coupon code plays well with others is by checking the fine print on Sephora’s Beauty Offers page. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2026 Services such as Incogni automate removal requests and continue checking for information that reappears. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Williams has a lot on his plate, from checking alignments and setting up the right protections before the snap to going through his reads after it. — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026 Photo of Abdulrahman Alfozan checking a recording device in OpenAI's office in San Francisco, according to the Department of Justice. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 By early October, the complaint said, a camera was installed in the conference room and captured Alfozan allegedly checking behind the television. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 One of Dugas’ patients who worried intensely about grades was asked to wait 48 hours before checking a test result that had been posted online. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 When Hasabo Ibrahim first arrived in Colorado in 1998, finding halal food often meant navigating mainstream grocery stores and carefully checking products one by one. — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checking
Verb
  • The move in its corresponding options prices was even bigger, with the Cboe Volatility index falling about four points to below 17, the biggest one-day drop in the volatility gauge since at least July.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Close wore a coat dress made of Burkina Faso fabric, while Stone was dressed in the corresponding blazer and skirt.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Cornerbacks Jacob Parrish and Zyon McCollum had Tampa Bay's other picks, with the last turnover stopping a second-half drive in Bucs territory when Atlanta still had an opportunity to get back into the game.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • At the rear, stopping duties are handled by a 230-mm disc and a two-piston caliper, also using 27-mm pistons.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Your skeleton has a demanding day job, pumping out fresh new blood cells and serving as a mineral bank for calcium, not to mention keeping your head up and preventing your organs from collapsing into a disappointing puddle.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Like Bob Pollard, another classic-rock surrealist, the 43-year-old Hollywell is making the most of a surprise middle-aged career breakthrough by keeping the tape rolling in his home studio at all hours.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Launched in July, The Edit Stick, $32, marked the brand’s biggest marketing push and largest investment to date, coinciding with the debut of its Duo Brush Conceal, $26.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The installation was first publicly shown in New York on January 29, coinciding with the second anniversary of the death of Hind Rajab.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Peltola is a gun-owning, fish-catching Alaska-bush native, who has worked for mines and supports oil drilling, and is allied with the state’s largest labor unions.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But for audiences outside North America, catching Nathan Fielder’s three-hour documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes — now expected to be a major player in awards season — has become a frustrating waiting game.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Houthis ramped up their advance on Taiz last month, after a lightning-fast capture of the port city of Mokha, an area about 130 kilometers (80 miles) away that is vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But Meta’s new SEC filing that posted this week shows that’s in part because of the key difference between owning a company and controlling it.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Here is a map and table with the conforming loan limits by county for 2026.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than conforming to what others — especially her brothers — expect of her, Red Jacob urges Ellen to play to her own unique strengths.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Those steps include halting any activity that contributed to the discovery until tribal communities are consulted.
    — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Eisenkot seen as an antidote to Netanyahu Eisenkot has halting English and comes from a working-class family.
    — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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“Checking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checking. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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