How to Use checklist in a Sentence
checklist
noun- I still have one thing left to do on my checklist.
- Before takeoff the pilot went down his checklist of safety precautions.
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One of the first items on DCFS’ checklist: a drug test.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
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There was a long checklist of all the things the song needed to have.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2020
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Keep a copy of your lease in the cloud along with your move-in checklist.
—Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
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So here's a checklist for what schools might need to do to keep up.
—Matt Craig, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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Not on the checklist was a discussion of the lives lost.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2020
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The checklist to make the Flyers a better team is a long one.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Here’s one more thing car thieves have to add to their checklist.
—Fox News, 9 Aug. 2019
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But that work was fused with the work of making the show and not just an item on a checklist.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
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Here’s a checklist for how to prepare, what to pack and how to stay safe.
—Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2020
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The room reads like a checklist of poster cars, among them a Porsche 959 and Carrera GT.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2022
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Twin Peaks won’t be on my checklist on where to spend my last days on earth.
—Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 14 Oct. 2019
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Instead of the usual self-care checklist, flip the script.
—Nicole Lipkin, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Go through a symptom checklist the night before and the morning of.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 18 Feb. 2021
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One of the key items on their checklist: the presence of a gas appliance.
—Jonathan Mingle, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2020
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Do the Reds check the boxes on Bauer’s free agency checklist?
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2020
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Have a good checklist every day of why did things go wrong.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
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With offers in hand, make a checklist or spreadsheet of pros and cons of each.
—Sue Shellenbarger, WSJ, 24 June 2019
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For the tamal-obsessed, here is a quick and up-to-date checklist of the best local tamales in town, from the Valley to Watts.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
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While in jail on sedatives, Miller scored 24 out of 80 on the checklist, Cohen said.
—Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2019
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Rely on a self-care checklist to use in times of crisis.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 5 Oct. 2021
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Either way, this is at the top of our camping checklist.
—Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021
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The only checklist that appears in the novel is in a flashback to a test on Earth.
—Washington Post, 23 May 2021
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The surgeon was in the corner going through his checklist.
—WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
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Kia always does a good job while keeping the consumer at the top of its checklist.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2022
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Last month, Boeing came up with a checklist before the Max can fly.
—David Koenig, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
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Grab a scarf, take a sip of your first PSL, and scroll through our ultimate fall checklist.
—Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
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The drying beds rank 36th in the state for number of species identified and 15th for number of checklists entered into the database.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
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Mood readers pick up books like prescriptions, not checklists.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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