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double-checking

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  • verb Present participle of double-check.

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Examples

  • Later, double-checking against the Iowa Republican Party's tally, he spotted a repeating numeral 2.

    True's Story: Tally in Iowa Was Faulty Elizabeth Williamson 2012

  • The report repeatedly finds probable reasons high rates of corrected erasure marks, such as students double-checking their work.

    Big gains in D.C. schools' test scores 'plausible,' firm says 2011

  • After double-checking the room number to make sure I was in the right place, I hurried inside.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • A few minutes later, after pacing, making some phone calls and double-checking the plans on his paper, he walked back towards me and said proudly, “Your son will rest in peace here under this tree.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • After double-checking the room number to make sure I was in the right place, I hurried inside.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • A few minutes later, after pacing, making some phone calls and double-checking the plans on his paper, he walked back towards me and said proudly, “Your son will rest in peace here under this tree.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • After double-checking the room number to make sure I was in the right place, I hurried inside.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • After double-checking the room number to make sure I was in the right place, I hurried inside.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • I have yet to make the mistake of filling the tank with another type of essence* (having learned from my husband's mistake); perhaps all that neurotic double-checking has served its purpose?

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • Instead, I was double-checking my “just-in-case” to make sure it was properly packed.

    Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

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