Example Sentences

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"It's a check box for them to tick, like just with the training, it's something on a to-do list and they think they'll do it and it'll go away, but it just won't happen."

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The official, he said, told him that he could disregard the check box on the form that asks whether the applicant has a felony conviction because he didn't have a disqualifying felony.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2022

There’s another button there marked “Make Bing my homepage” along with a check box for making Bing my default search engine.

From The Verge • Feb. 14, 2022

You should see a check box titled: Leave a copy of messages on the server.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2022

Giving up a critical civic right—access to the courts to address violations of core workplace rights—should be a conscious, knowing decision, not the result of missing a check box in a mountain of boilerplate forms.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2019