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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
  • As for the plane in question, this is a variant of the venerable F-16 and is a heavily modernized version featuring, among other features, APG-83 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • GPTZero also scanned 300 of the roughly 20,000 submissions to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and found more than 50 hallucinated citations.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Alexei Tsydenov, head of the nearby Republic of Buryatia, said the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the fourth quarter, left tackle Rashawn Slater lay for several moments on the turf and was examined by medical staff before rising to his feet and walking gingerly to the sideline with an ankle injury.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Under D’Amaro, Disney has enacted new rounds of layoffs and examined its cost structure.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The app also uses daily skin scans to track changes, with treatment plans reviewed monthly based on the patient’s response.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The reporter independently reported and verified the factual claims in this article, and a human editor reviewed it before publication.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Soon after the verdict, Harley Feldman, who had attended his daughter's trial daily, passed away.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Yet the name is also a relic — the legacy of Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack, the last of whom passed away nearly 50 years ago.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Susanna hung to a strap in the crowded car, and critically surveyed the seated crowd spreading just below, from which no one had separated and individualized himself by giving her a seat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The results also differed markedly depending on the wealth of the country surveyed.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Off-duty models stepped out in nonchalant style, pairing the jeans with basic tops and simple belts, while fashion show attendees elevated the laidback fits with button-down denim shirts, neckties and colorful knitwear.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Candy Mazard was inside her food truck outside the store and stepped out to see what had happened.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 7 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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