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.
  • One of the first items on DCFS’ checklist: a drug test.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
  • There was a long checklist of all the things the song needed to have.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Keep a copy of your lease in the cloud along with your move-in checklist.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • So here's a checklist for what schools might need to do to keep up.
    Matt Craig, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Not on the checklist was a discussion of the lives lost.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The checklist to make the Flyers a better team is a long one.
    Scott Powers, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Here’s a checklist for how to prepare, what to pack and how to stay safe.
    Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2020
  • The room reads like a checklist of poster cars, among them a Porsche 959 and Carrera GT.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Twin Peaks won’t be on my checklist on where to spend my last days on earth.
    Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Instead of the usual self-care checklist, flip the script.
    Nicole Lipkin, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Go through a symptom checklist the night before and the morning of.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 18 Feb. 2021
  • One of the key items on their checklist: the presence of a gas appliance.
    Jonathan Mingle, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Do the Reds check the boxes on Bauer’s free agency checklist?
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Have a good checklist every day of why did things go wrong.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • While in jail on sedatives, Miller scored 24 out of 80 on the checklist, Cohen said.
    Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Rely on a self-care checklist to use in times of crisis.
    Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Either way, this is at the top of our camping checklist.
    Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The only checklist that appears in the novel is in a flashback to a test on Earth.
    Washington Post, 23 May 2021
  • The surgeon was in the corner going through his checklist.
    WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Kia always does a good job while keeping the consumer at the top of its checklist.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Last month, Boeing came up with a checklist before the Max can fly.
    David Koenig, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Grab a scarf, take a sip of your first PSL, and scroll through our ultimate fall checklist.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Buy young, buy good, and buy French (as much as possible) seemed to be the three-point checklist for scouts.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • The arrival of Pietro ticks off two boxes on the sitcom-trope checklist.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Privacy checklist for older adults: What to protect Think of this like walking through your house and checking which doors need locks.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
  • The Redfin blog published a new guide in early June that advises creating a move-in checklist, that can list any damage, and having both landlord and tenant review.
    Phillip Molnar, Oc Register, 7 July 2025

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