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

Most voters, she went on, aren’t wielding a clipboard and checking off issue boxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

Mr. Fabian has gray hair pulled back in a ponytail, and he is in the front of the room checking off names.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari