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Security checkpoint

A place where people or vehicles are stopped and inspected.

First in use: the 1900s
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Checkpoint (save point)

A point in a video game where progress is saved, so players restart there after failing.

First in use: the 1980s

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Stopping to show papers became stopping to save progress.

Which meaning of Checkpoint is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Security checkpoint came first (the 1900s). Checkpoint (save point) arrived in the 1980s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Security checkpoint

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