checkups

noun

plural of checkup
as in inspections
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition the vet gave the kitten a checkup, then reassuringly declared her in fine health

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Recent Examples of checkups The government created a national preventive care program decades ago and gave every citizen a right to regular checkups, which gave clinics a reason to buy expensive machines, which brought the volume that pays for the expensive machines. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Marisel Jarrin was driving her two sons, Jake Kleppen, 8, and Justin Kleppen, 7, to the pediatrician for their annual checkups in September 2019. — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Physicals, vaccines and school paperwork Annual checkups are an important part of back-to-school preparation. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026 That care includes everything from birth and routine checkups to aging, chronic illness, and, when necessary, end-of-life decisions. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 The next stop is often a regional hospital in Chernihiv, a Ukrainian city thirty-five miles from the border with Belarus, where they are given checkups and medical care. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Many NGOs offer free services, like breast cancer checkups, dental checkups, medical outreach for the community. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Regular dental checkups remain the single most effective safeguard, since decay and gum disease are highly treatable when caught early. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 Regular dental checkups and early treatment of gum disease double as brain and cardiovascular maintenance, not just cavity prevention. — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checkups
  1. inspections
  2. examinations
  3. audits
  4. surveys
Noun
  • The brothers also offered to surrender their passports and to be monitored by GPS and home inspections if they're released.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Post-installation inspections began last month, and performance and stability testing is underway as South Korea looks for a December launch.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of inspections
Noun
  • The tests included dental examinations, the heart, lungs, and nervous system, as well as blood tests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Swelling and spinal shock can cloud the earliest neurological picture, and physicians repeat examinations over time for good reason, as many people once given a grave prognosis go on to recover.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of examinations
Noun
  • Role definitions, entitlement reviews and periodic audits are built for static conditions, but agents operate in dynamic ones.
    — Brian Contos, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Other guardrails include limited access within the Sheriff’s Office, training requirements and artificial intelligence and manual audits.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of audits
Noun
  • Up until this point, however, this technique has relied on combining radio wave detection with observations from galactic surveys operating with visible light, or electromagnetic radiation our eyes have evolved to see.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The exhibition is an exciting intervention into the history of painting surveys, ambitious in scope yet thoughtfully executed in both its installation and its creation of new scholarship.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of surveys

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“Checkups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checkups. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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