Example Sentences

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Checking bank statements and transaction logs is something more of us should do on a regular basis.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Checking Slack and other internal tools for coworkers who disappear from channels of conversation is a common way for people to learn who is no longer working at a company.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

This is Checking Out, a column about how we shop, what we buy, and how it all makes us feel.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2024

Checking out at the counter one day, he noticed a brand of candy bars called Rapunzel; there were two types available, chocolate-covered halvah and coconut.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady