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checked

[ chekt ]

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adjective

held in check; suppressed or restrained:
If not checked, the fungus could destroy the entire year's supply of wheat.
Her enthusiasm for the renovations was checked after she saw the estimated cost.
(of baggage) accepted for conveyance under the privilege of a passenger's ticket:
The major U.S. carriers raised the checked bag fee earlier this year.
having a pattern of squares; checkered:
He wore a blue and white checked shirt.
Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in a closed syllable ( free ).

checked

/ tʃɛkt /

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Origin of checked¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; check ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; check ¹ + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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In the final days of 2024, the Los Angeles Times checked in with below-the-line workers the paper had profiled six months earlier.

Mr Pearce said on the first page of the book there was a £2 pencil mark, which was the cost the library sold it for when it was checked out.

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Beyond its problematic social history, even “A perfectly checked article… can still be fundamentally wrong about its assumptions or conclusions.”

And more than 850,000 extra people in England will now be able to return a stool sample to be checked for blood.

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He borrowed a friend’s bicycle in Santa Monica late last week, pedaled up to his house and checked out the inside.

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