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

Filch was standing at the oak front doors as usual, checking off the names of people who had permission to go into Hogsmeade.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling