a second examination or verification
chess a simultaneous check from two pieces brought about by moving one piece to give check and thereby revealing a second check from another piece
An Americanism dating back to 1950–55
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Moreover, workers may also have outsize expectations around AI’s automation capabilities, with many of the current tools still requiring workers to double check the completed work for errors.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
If in doubt, call your insurance company to double check.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
Last year one of its accounts posted a video inside the REI Soho bathroom to double check it was still open and provided free menstrual products to visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
He said while the ONS had "done the right thing" to halt publication to double check the data rather than "sweeping the problem under the carpet", the "mistakes are piling up".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
The double meaning of some prophecies is a double check.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Patterson, Robert
It means bad AI output compounded by lazy humans who can’t be troubled to double-check.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
"If something doesn't feel right, trust your instincts and take a moment to double-check before making a payment," they said.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
He thinks we should have them done somewhere else to double-check.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
I just wouldn’t rely on it for real-time information and would double-check its recommendations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
She had been through most of the items in the toy chests, but she could always double-check.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Even though she has filters set up, Tabacnic always double-checks to make sure her matches are actually where the dating app says they are.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
And someone on a hydraulic lift double-checks each hanging fixture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
In Colorado, Dr. Michelle Barron said the consistently low COVID-19 hospitalizations prompted smiles among staff, even as she double-checks the numbers to make sure they’re actually correct.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
That’s why a music conductor I know always double-checks with himself just before he hears “maestro to the pit” and must head to the podium to conduct an opera.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021
Then she double-checks the record on the spindle.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
If I hadn’t double-checked the tickets, we would have missed the 9:33 a.m. departure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Afterward, he double-checked the figures against Bloomberg data and found they were largely consistent.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025
The film’s access coordinator Chantelle Nassari also equipped Bode with a fully accessible trailer, double-checked the day’s pathways and ensured the actor had what she needed to be able to perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
The rosy saxifrage is listed as extinct but Robbie, a skilled climber, still double-checked.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
He double-checked that he had the tickets and pencil and paper, then he went back into the living room to face his parents.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Laker players looked around the meeting room Saturday morning, double-checking with one another to make sure that what they thought they just heard was what JJ Redick actually said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
They recommend double-checking ingredients or working with a doctor or healthcare professional to choose the prenatal supplement.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
The state appears to have presented a figure without fully explaining its methodology or double-checking the information, said Becker, who is a former senior trial attorney in the voting section of the U.S.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
For him, grappling with the problem properly will involve training people to be more critical about the content they are consuming, including viewing everything with "a healthy scepticism", and double-checking sources.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
Every engineer and mathematician had a story of double-checking the machines’ data only to find errors.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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