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verb (1)

past tense of check (out)
as in scanned
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) check out the house and let me know if you think it's worth buying

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checked out

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verb (2)

past tense of check out
as in died
to stop living there are a lot of sights around the world that I want to see before I check out

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Recent Examples of checked (out)
Verb
Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury. — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 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 The outlet also said that Simmons was taken to a hospital after the accident to be checked out. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025 Now, a recent Urban performance has resurfaced that points to, if not that, at least the fact that the singer was mentally checked out a while ago. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2025 But plenty of people checked out before that became clear. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for checked (out)
  1. scanned
  2. died
  3. examined
  4. fell
  5. reviewed
  6. passed away
  7. surveyed
  8. stepped out
Verb
  • Instead, a camera from Clear, the facial recognition company, scanned my face and the gate opened.
    — Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers scanned the brains of eight dogs — six border collies, a labrador and a golden retriever — while showing them images of strangers with either a happy or a neutral expression.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of scanned
Verb
  • His attempt comes a year after a driver going 283 mph (455 kph) died trying to set a land speed record at Bonneville's annual Speed Week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Marina came across a state driver’s license and a Social Security card for a man who died more than 10 years ago among Beloozerov’s possessions.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of died
Verb
  • Schrell examined whether annual production campaigns would be more effective, but concluded that the approach would not make economic or operational sense because of costs, limited hot-cell capacity and the isotope’s relatively short half-life.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The study examined 1,089 working adults residing on lower apartment floors in Tokyo.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of examined
Verb
  • The return to form is all the more stunning given that book sales overall are barely rising, and Amazon, which nearly felled Barnes & Noble in the 2010s, is still a threat.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Each measures 500 square feet, with its walls, ceilings, and timber beams made from pine trees felled on site.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • The spending is heavily dominated by staff travel, transportation and lodging, which make up the vast majority of the top expenditures, per P-card data reviewed by the Herald after a public records request.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
  • She was later charged with seven counts, including driving under the influence of multiple substances, DUI drugs, DUI alcohol-less safe and improper stopping on a roadway, according to court records reviewed by USA TODAY.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of reviewed
Verb
  • The Dawson’s Creek star passed away on February 11, 2026 at the age of 48 after a battle with cancer.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Lionel Messi missed the match and was seen arriving by plane Saturday night in the city of Rosario, where his father passed away in the central Argentine city.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of passed away
Verb
  • The Tyson Group surveyed 817 likely general election voters nationwide from July 27-28 through an online opt-in panel.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Bumble added that more than half of the people the company surveyed preferred having more time to respond to first messages.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveyed
Verb
  • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry recently stepped out for a date night, attending the David Foster Foundation’s 40th anniversary celebration in Canada on Friday, August 7.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Big Man has just stepped out of a gig at Philadelphia’s Uptown Theater and enjoyed an after-midnight cheesesteak before catching a subway train at the Walnut-Locust station.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of stepped out

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“Checked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checked%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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