checklist
noun
check·list
ˈchek-ˌlist 
: a list of things to be checked or done
a pilot's checklist before takeoff
also
: a comprehensive list
Examples of checklist in a Sentence
Before takeoff the pilot went down his checklist of safety precautions.
I still have one thing left to do on my checklist.
a checklist of bird species
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
The inventory is more useful than the checklist.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Originally purchased for $58,000, the home is the kind of listing that reads like a checklist for midcentury devotees.
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The diagnostic checklist that an attentive observer might have drawn up in Britain in the 1770s seems very familiar.
—Danielle Allen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
The inventory is more useful than the checklist.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Originally purchased for $58,000, the home is the kind of listing that reads like a checklist for midcentury devotees.
—David Caraccio
may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The diagnostic checklist that an attentive observer might have drawn up in Britain in the 1770s seems very familiar.
—Danielle Allen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for checklist
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“Checklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checklist. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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checklist
noun
check·list
ˈchek-ˌlist
: a list of items to be referred to
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