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

You start planning the rest of your life: telling your spouse you may eventually become incapacitated; looking into long-term memory care; checking off as many bucket list items as you can.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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

Elsewhere, the movie just seems to be checking off boxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

I roam the hospital, checking off treatments on my app halfheartedly and going through the motions of my regimen, just like I’m supposed to, but it doesn’t feel as satisfying.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott