checkpoint
noun
check·point
ˈchek-ˌpȯint 
: a point at which a check is performed
vehicles were inspected at various checkpoints
Examples of checkpoint in a Sentence
Our car was stopped at a police checkpoint before we were permitted to cross the border.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The letter, which was also posted to Facebook but later deleted, warned that U.S. Border Patrol agents would possibly be boarding the school buses used for extracurricular activities at highway checkpoints and asking to see proof of legal citizenship.
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In Chiapas, there’s so many military checkpoints and there’s also the state trying to encroach on their territories.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The letter, which was also posted to Facebook but later deleted, warned that U.S. Border Patrol agents would possibly be boarding the school buses used for extracurricular activities at highway checkpoints and asking to see proof of legal citizenship.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
For a moment in the West Bank, a region hounded by settler attacks and choked by Israeli military checkpoints, there was a rare sense of joy.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2025
In Chiapas, there’s so many military checkpoints and there’s also the state trying to encroach on their territories.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Checkpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkpoint. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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checkpoint
noun
check·point
ˈchek-ˌpȯint
: a point at which a check is carried out
vehicles were inspected at different checkpoints
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