1,400 new words in our dictionary! — Parasocial, glow-up, promposal & more
1,400 new words in our dictionary! — More

checks in

verb

present tense third-person singular of check in
1
as in blows in

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words
2
as in matriculates

Related Words

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for checks in
  1. matriculates
  2. lists
  3. inscribes
  4. registers
  5. drafts
  6. enrolls
Verb
  • Constructing a curriculum From 30 to 50 applications, the construction capstone program matriculates about 32 students a year, split into four-hour morning and afternoon classes with about 16 seats each.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The Division is chaired by producer Susan Arnold (13 Going On 30, America’s Sweethearts) and matriculates around 215 students annually.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of matriculates
Verb
  • The company also lists the DF150 for operation across its full specified temperature range without performance degradation.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The company currently lists a maximum airspeed of 190 mph and a maximum flying range of 450 miles.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of lists
Verb
  • The path the moon inscribes around the Earth is elliptical rather than circular.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The current inscribes some victims’ skin with mysterious scarlike patterns called Lichtenberg figures, which resemble the limbs of a barren tree—or the branching structure of lightning itself.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of inscribes
Verb
  • Independent film barely registers as a category worth naming, let alone protecting.
    — Stuart Ford, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Bake until the focaccia is set and slightly puffed and registers an internal temperature of 190°F, 18 to 22 minutes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of registers
Verb
  • The model does something remarkable—drafts the contract, triages the ticket, writes working code—and the room decides the future has arrived.
    — Vatsal Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And the draft wouldn’t be complete without the owner that drafts not one, but TWO defenses.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of drafts
Verb
  • CalSavers is a California retirement plan that automatically enrolls employees in Roth IRAs and other accounts.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Between 2,000 and 4,000 undocumented students attend UC, which enrolls nearly 301,000 students.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of enrolls
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

checks
checks in
checks into
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Checks in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checks%20in. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of slew

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of the words cracker fly and sale arranged in a triangle with the word fire in the middle
Triple Play Quiz Find the word that pairs with each of the three g...
See All