to-do
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Taking over on a chain crew to help is not on any commissioner’s to-do list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“He hates going to the dentist” or the doctor, she explained, so “I just put it on my to-do list” to make his appointment.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
"I go to sleep with a mental to-do list."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Add solving those problems to Ms. Fujimori’s to-do list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Here I was laid up with a bad hog cut, hurting so bad I could hardly get my breath, and her expecting me to make a big to-do over a little old puny speckled pup.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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Jumping straight into a list of major to-dos would leave little time for ideas to germinate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Chulpaeff grew up in Los Angeles, but even the big to-dos within her Russian Jewish community didn’t match what she sees at parties now.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
“So meta. And it was just as addictive as a romance. I ignored so many to-dos whilst listening. Luckily, it only took me two days to finish!”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
Image: Apple I use two apps to keep track of my to-dos: Apple’s Reminders app for personal tasks and TickTick for work tasks.
From The Verge ● Aug. 3, 2022
When they had big to-dos old master sent mama over there.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration
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