How to Use checkoff in a Sentence

checkoff

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• This isn’t the first time the tax checkoff for at-risk children has come under scrutiny.
  — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018
• Dairy farmers must pay 15 cents per hundred pounds of milk sold into the checkoff program.
  — Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2019
• Essentially, they are told to bring a clipboard with a checkoff list to each campus.
  — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2018
• The checkoffs do not affect how much money a taxpayer owes.
  — Lisa Lerer, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2017
• Though the report did not specify whether a checklist was completed, Winn said such a checkoff should have prompted the pilot to hold off from flying.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2017
• Far from being an overrun bucket-list checkoff site, Alcatraz in the late 1960s was a deserted, decaying shell.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• Mayor Mark Farrell will probably remain in office for at least five weeks beyond the June 5 mayoral election, leaving him with plenty of time for the one final checkoff of his short term — the foreign junket.
  — Matier & Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2018
• Making a team one dimensional is usually at the top of the checkoff list for a defensive coordinator.
  — Charles Hollis, al, 11 Dec. 2020
• Colorado’s tax checkoff program should be applauded, not disparaged.
  — Jon Pushkin, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2017
• Jon Pushkin is a spokesperson for Checkoff Colorado, a collaborative statewide awareness campaign designed to educate taxpayers about the state’s tax checkoff program.
  — Jon Pushkin, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2017
• Read more: The organization gets resources from fund-raising benefits and voluntary checkoffs on paychecks for everybody from above-the-title stars to best boy, key grip and other jobs nobody outside the movie industry understands.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2017
• The law establishing the tax-checkoff fund requires annual financial reports to the mayor and D.C. Council, a measure to make sure taxpayers’ voluntary contributions are properly spent.
  — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018
• Your story about Colorado’s tax checkoff program painted a misleading picture of an extremely successful program that provides a critical source of donations to a diverse range of nonprofits serving communities across the state.
  — Jon Pushkin, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2017

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check off

2 of 2 verb

• Here’s a look at the things engineers have checked off their list, and the sticky problems left to solve.
  — Andrew Blum, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
• Women bent over their bingo boards, checking off boxes.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
• Avoiding distractions and checking off tasks might make things go more smoothly for you.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2019
• Templin said making a preparation list, and checking off his to-dos, helps with stress.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• The Lions value size and length in their cornerbacks; Tabor checked off that box.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2019
• He’s checked off one box and hopes his potential suitors this offseason recognize the progress made toward the second.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
• Tourists coming to town next week to check off a bucket-list item by riding one of the city’s iconic and romantic cable cars are in for a rude awakening.
  — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
• For the player who has checked off virtually everything else on his bucket list, the Olympics remain an unmet goal.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• For those families looking for a more affordable and sustainable way to check off school supply lists, this can be a fantastic option.
  — Jennifer O’Brien, Sun Sentinel, 28 July 2024
• The scene with the wife is a dead end for him, just an item to check off the list.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 May 2021
• Nobody wants more items to check off the to-clean list.
  — Maya Pottiger, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• One part of the planning that was easy to check off their to-do list?
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• There's just one final box to check off — the last one.
  — Mike Mazzeo, Forbes, 28 May 2021
• Choose the sizing that’s best for you and check off one of your go-to ’fits for the summer.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
• Stuck on where to find sandals that check off all of the boxes?
  — Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2022
• Mora hopes to check off, one that hasn’t been reached since 2015.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2022
• Here are 25 things to try to have checked off your list by Monday night.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The state is a birder’s paradise with 566 species to check off your list.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2020
• But fans — and the team — want to check off that last box and wonder when that’ll happen.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2022
• And sometimes, the best ones are just fun to check off your travel list.
  — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2023
• Just add a mattress and check off this item off your list for the next five years at least.
  — Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2020
• More calories burned for you, and a check off of your bucket list.
  — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 8 May 2020
• Criss says the new album was a check off his bucket list.
  — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• Beaman listed some of the big things that will be great to check off your list now.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 1 June 2020
• With that goal checked off the list, the team’s attention is turning to the playoffs.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• More calories burned for you, and a check off your bucket list.
  — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 2022
• Lowe’s has found a way to check off one box on your holiday to-do list.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2020
• Between the lights and having to set up a Christmas tree, there's a lot to check off your list.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 17 Nov. 2022
• For those who prefer a zero-drop, non-elevated heel, this one checks off those two boxes.
  — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 Aug. 2024
• It's made for outside affairs: This recipe checks off all the boxes for a go-to summer side dish: Flavor, portability, and wow-factor.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024