checkpoint
a place along a road, border, etc., where travelers are stopped for inspection.
a point or item, especially in a procedure, for notation, inspection, or confirmation.
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How to use checkpoint in a sentence
Thankfully, checkpoints are generous too, never respawning you too far from where you left off.
‘Little Nightmares II’ made me dread every moment. And I loved it. | Elise Favis | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostIn the Earth acknowledges a world where some kind of deadly virus exists and checkpoints have been set up to rapid-test people as they move around the country.
4 new movies that explore — or predict — a year dominated by a pandemic | Alissa Wilkinson | February 5, 2021 | VoxWhile the TSA recommended that travelers wear masks as they moved through checkpoints, the agency did not mandate it.
Transportation agencies wrestle with new federal mask mandate | Luz Lazo, Lori Aratani, Justin George | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostBrown said he was inspired by the many bridges used to cross the Rio Grande River in Texas, which created space between border checkpoints that have over time turned into gathering places.
Border Report: Rethinking Public Space in Friendship Park | Maya Srikrishnan | February 1, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoDarby LaJoye, executive assistant administrator for TSA security operations, commended officers for catching the weapons at checkpoints.
Rate of TSA gun recoveries doubled in 2020 compared with a year earlier | Justin Wm. Moyer, Luz Lazo | January 26, 2021 | Washington Post
In northern Sinai in October the group killed 31 soldiers during a raid on an army checkpoint.
ISIS Wannabes Claim They Killed an American in Egypt | Jamie Dettmer | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter finishing breakfast, we pile back into the truck and head toward the checkpoint.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer arrest came at a checkpoint in Damascus in June 2013, when soldiers spotted an audio recorder in her bag.
Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story | Jamie Dettmer | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn May 20, a pickup truck drove to an Iraqi army checkpoint in the city of Tal Afar.
Back at the Mariupol checkpoint, a Ukrainian National Guardsmen gave a man with an "old" passport a hard time.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines | Ted Phillips | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTApparently all or most of the guards got off at the checkpoint.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyAnd a checkpoint implied that the ship was searched for escaped prisoners.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyIt isn't a bad life at the checkpoint, but I'd rather go back to Earth.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyAnd he had to think about what was going to happen at the checkpoint, and what he would do about it.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyTheir lives were spent on the checkpoint, except for periods of service on the prison ship.
The Status Civilization | Robert Sheckley
British Dictionary definitions for checkpoint
/ (ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt) /
a place, as at a frontier or in a motor rally, where vehicles or travellers are stopped for official identification, inspection, etc
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