ticked off
Example Sentences
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With no outdoor Worlds or Europeans on the calendar this year, and having already "ticked off" competing in a Commonwealth Games, looking to start a family made perfect sense.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Across the country, the government wants more children to have ticked off the skills they need to be fully ready to start school before September.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Looking at a framed house with materials stacked on the roof and no workers in sight, Vasquez ticked off the people affected, from lenders and smaller contractors to home buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Several wins were ticked off, although performances were largely still unconvincing, and Barcelona's Clasico victory offered the excuse Perez needed to act.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
Fifths of a second ticked off with precision in his head; Woolf timed his horses’ rallies so precisely that he regularly won races with heart- stopping, last-second dives.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
