checkpoint
noun
a place along a road, border, etc., where travelers are stopped for inspection.
checkpoints
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pluralof checkpoint.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the final phase, the elite international team that escorted her had to dodge Venezuelan security forces and duck police inspections at checkpoints as it smuggled her north.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
These stable arrangements serve as molecular checkpoints, narrowing the enormous number of possible assembly routes into a much smaller set of successful pathways.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
‘Everywhere checkpoints work, intismeran should be able to work.’
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
East German guards kept watch over random checkpoints, demanding identity papers for anyone wishing to pass through.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
