check off

Example Sentences

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Back in cold, gray Chicago, I head to the suburbs for a dermatologist appointment to check off a skin-cancer screening before the new baby arrives.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

I still make lists and check off the completed items.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Perhaps the real disappointing aspect of the bucket list is that most of us will probably never check off all or even some of the items on it.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Noisy background characters, even people who are barely onscreen, make themselves heard whenever the film itself has to check off another trope.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

At first I would check off each day with a pencil.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien