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
  • Essentially, they are told to bring a clipboard with a checkoff list to each campus.
    Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 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
  • The council is a state agency that promotes, researches and oversees the beef checkoff program.
    Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Colorado’s tax checkoff program should be applauded, not disparaged.
    Jon Pushkin, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 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
  • Making a team one dimensional is usually at the top of the checkoff list for a defensive coordinator.
    Charles Hollis, al, 11 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • The checkoff has been controversial at times, especially in years when dairy farmers were going out of business in droves while Dairy Management executives were collecting six and seven figure pay.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In 1976, two years after the Presidential Election Campaign Fund checkoff was created, 28 percent of filers opted into the program.
    Adam Lashinsky, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2026

check off

2 of 2 verb
  • For the claimers, such events are items to check off the list.
    Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • One part of the planning that was easy to check off their to-do list?
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • Here are a few things to check off your garden to-do list this month.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2026
  • These deals run the gamut, so grab your list and start checking off names.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Stuck on where to find sandals that check off all of the boxes?
    Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Boston checks off a lot of boxes, though.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • More calories burned for you, and a check off your bucket list.
    Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 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
  • More calories burned for you, and a check off of your bucket list.
    Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 8 May 2020
  • Overall, the style checks off all my boxes (and then some).
    Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 22 June 2026
  • Make a calendar and check off at the end of the day how your day went.
    Sophia Tulp, USA TODAY College, 1 Sep. 2017
  • With so many boxes checked off in his life, what's next for Muir?
    Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 30 May 2025
  • There were no more boxes to check off now, no more practices and games.
    David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 27 Feb. 2021
  • And once the easy projects are done, check off other crucial to-dos.
    Steve Carney, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • Just add a mattress and check off this item off your list for the next five years at least.
    Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2020
  • And sometimes, the best ones are just fun to check off your travel list.
    Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Lowe’s has found a way to check off one box on your holiday to-do list.
    Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2020
  • But there's no need to stress or scramble in order to check off your gift list.
    Sarah Byron, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Beaman listed some of the big things that will be great to check off your list now.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 1 June 2020
  • The 27-year-old rookie has checked off quite a few firsts in the last month.
    Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Palmer got his wish, and Darnold checked off all the boxes as his t-shirt got soaked.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Now the engagement photos are checked off the to-do list, too.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • From school to work to hiking, this backpack checks off all the boxes.
    Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Still, a lot of boxes have been checked off this season for the Zips.
    Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • That’s the last box Volpe hasn’t checked off yet this offseason.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Looking ahead, Hart has a few more things to check off on her bucket list.
    Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

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