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past tense of check (out)

checked out

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verb (2)

past tense of check out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of checked (out)
Verb
Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Staff described students as often seeming physically and mentally worn down and checked out. — Crystal Cederna, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Taurus April 20 – May 20 Your mind may be willing to keep going long after the rest of you has checked out. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checked (out)
Verb
  • The members’ primary responsibility is to count ballots that were not scanned, which includes mail-in ballots, provisional ballots or if a scanner was down at a voting site, Campolo said.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The original 16 mm A/B-rolls were scanned at 4K and restored by BB Optics.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Three people died at the scene and a fourth man later died in hospital, regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported, while over a dozen people were injured.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in an accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Generally, most households struggled more financially during the period examined, regardless of political representation, as median costs rose by 33 percent, while median incomes rose only 28 percent.
    — Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • To determine whether Decipher could help guide that decision, researchers examined test scores from more than 27,000 patients in real-world data and 401 men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who had participated in the STAMPEDE abiraterone trial.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each project will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, Rhoads said.
    — Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • All but the first in the series were directed by Michael Apted, who passed away in 2021.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • His wife of more than 60 years, Betty Green, passed away in 2019.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In Washington state, researchers with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project have surveyed six glaciers on Mount Baker during an annual summer trip.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Only 22% of leaders surveyed did not feel personally equipped—emotionally, cognitively and physically—to lead effectively under conditions of prolonged uncertainty.
    — Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Brody and Meester first stepped out together in February 2013, and were engaged by November of that same year.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The mother-daughter duo stepped out for the Gala of the Stars.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Checked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checked%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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