checking off
Example Sentences
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When Jovan Granado-Gomez completed paperwork for his new job, he carried out an act of protest by checking off one box.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
The 36-year-old from Orlando, Fla., arrived in late February for a weeklong trip with friends, checking off a laundry list of theme parks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
But that “reckoning,” in the business world, largely ended up just being a couple of marketing agencies checking off a box.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
That would leave the Chargers with 15 candidates for head coach and eight for general manager, while checking off each still-available person who has been linked to them by various reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
I am supposed to do it this way, precisely but fast, checking off the day hour by hour the way a bright-eyed kid might reel off what he just got for Christmas.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
