How to Use checkoff in a Sentence

checkoff

1 of 2 noun
  • 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
  • With everything on this list checked off, your car is ready for its new life on the road.
    Matt Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Both of those boxes were checked off during Thursday’s match.
    Tim Schwartz, Howard County Times, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Over the past few weeks, Meghan Markle has checked off several royal firsts.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The only one of those items he’s checked off is the WBC title, which he’s won once.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • If seeing Beck in Birmingham is on your bucket list, get ready to check off that item this spring.
    Mary Colurso, AL.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Meghan Markle just checked off a major item on her wedding to-do list: choosing a designer for her bridal gown.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2018
  • No more working until eight o’clock, or lingering around the office for hours after everyone else has left, just to check off that last thing on our to-do list.
    Kate Spencer, Cosmopolitan, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Today crowds are seeking magnificent spots like historic sanctuary to check off their bucket list.
    Lea Lane, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a lot to prepare for when getting ready to give birth, but there’s one thing Kylie Jenner can check off her list: putting together her daughter’s nursery.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The location checked off advantages the church was looking for in the second campus, such as good visibility and a growing area with young families.
    Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2018
  • To add insult to injury, managers walk around conducting pop quizzes, doing spot checks and checking off scorecards to determine how quickly the shelves are replenished.
    Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The retailer is giving shoppers who want to check off their holiday gift list (or pick up a few items for themselves) an early chance at the beginning of November.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The places below check off the sun-and-swim box, and some come with additional benefits: dancing horses, uninhabited islets, desert sleepovers.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 Jan. 2018
  • New Berlin West's boys basketball team is checking off numerous accomplishments during its current run of seven wins in eight games.
    Andrew Gruman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2018
  • That could look like people simply forgetting to check off the citizenship box, not necessarily being a non-citizen.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The offseason is here, and new Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey appears to have checked off his first box.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • One thing that hasn’t been checked off the to-do list yet?
    Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • This is the stress-free way to shop and an easy way to check off your shopping list.
    Valerie Li, USA TODAY, 15 July 2019
  • 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
  • And once the easy projects are done, check off other crucial to-dos.
    Steve Carney, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • 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

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