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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
checkpoint
/ˈtʃɛkpɔɪnt/
noun
A place where officials stop people or vehicles to check them.
- “Travellers queued at the checkpoint while officers looked at their papers.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))