check off

Example Sentences

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I still make lists and check off the completed items.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Perhaps the real disappointing aspect of the bucket list is that most of us will probably never check off all or even some of the items on it.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

But after the most recent incident, Redding had one thing he knew he could check off his to-do list.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

“It’s pretty special, looking back at that sheet I was able to check off a lot of goals,” Clark told the AP on Sunday.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Most of the people on the bus were the kind who want to check off the sights on a list from a travel website.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart