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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
  • Authorities install a chip that is scanned by machines along federal highways.
    — Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the town of Chhatak, also in the Sylhet region, the daughter of 30-year-old carpenter Humayun Rashid died unvaccinated in June aged nine months.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Four people died and dozens more were injured after a fire broke out at a Canadian military base in Alberta on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday afternoon.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Halima held Asho on her lap, the child wrapped in purple cloth, as a health worker examined her feet and lower legs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Hafley said everything will be examined, and nothing is off the table.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The council hasn’t yet reviewed the agreement in full and will receive copies on Tuesday.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In another email later Wednesday afternoon, Lee said ABC News’ editors had reviewed the language and were standing by the piece.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The reveal comes a little more than a month after the famed costume designer passed away at 87.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In a news conference Friday, the leader of FIEL Houston, Cesar Espinosa, said the daughter had identified the man in the photo as his father, José Hector Jimenez Mendoza, who passed away almost a decade ago while trying to enter the United States.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • According to a national survey of nonprofits, nearly all boards had terms for their members and just over half of nonprofits surveyed had term limits.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Seven percent of those surveyed reported the loss of electronic equipment such as refrigerators and televisions due to voltage fluctuations.
    — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Plenty of celebrities like Chappell Roan, Paloma Elsesser and Katie Holmes have recently stepped out in looks that showcase fresh and unexpected ways of styling shoes for fall, from layering your heels to tucking your jeans into boots.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The couple stepped out together at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of Cole’s latest film, In the Shadows, with Pugh taking a break from promoting East of Eden to support her boyfriend.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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