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checkpoint

[ chek-point ]

noun

  1. a place along a road, border, etc., where travelers are stopped for inspection.
  2. a point or item, especially in a procedure, for notation, inspection, or confirmation.


checkpoint

/ ˈʃɛˌɔɪԳ /

noun

  1. a place, as at a frontier or in a motor rally, where vehicles or travellers are stopped for official identification, inspection, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of checkpoint1

First recorded in 1935–40; check 1 + point
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That means in more than half of the country, about three in every 10 travelers may not be able to pass through an airport checkpoint starting May 7.

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It's non-stop and you carry a pack with everything you need to survive, with five checkpoints along the way where you can sleep.

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A few months before, she was traveling along Interstate 8 near the southern border and passed an immigration checkpoint where she saw people detained and handcuffed.

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The security checkpoints at the north and south ends of the closure will be removed when the highway reopens to the public.

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We passed by a checkpoint manned by the National Guard and the LAPD, then had to stop for 20 minutes on a narrow hillside road as a backhoe was unloaded from a flatbed truck.

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