check mark

noun

checkmark transitive verb

Examples of check mark in a Sentence

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So putting check marks next to any games for the remainder of the season is dubious. Daniel Popper, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 If that was step one for this season, put a check mark next to it. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2025 Court records show a check mark in a box next to a paragraph explaining the denial. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 The chart doesn’t look like a hump anymore, but more like an upside-down check mark, peaking on the left side and going down and to the right. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for check mark

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of check mark was in 1917

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“Check mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/check%20mark. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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