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

The “Killers” team was so focused on Gladstone that it took for granted that voters would reflexively check off the box next to DiCaprio’s name.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2024

But no one should need to check off items on a list in order to define themselves as a man.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023

At first I would check off each day with a pencil.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien