checking (off)

present participle of check (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for checking (off)
staving off
Verb
  • The language used by American fans towards European players at Bethpage Black became a flashpoint during last weekend’s tournament, which Europe won 15-13 after staving off a dramatic US fightback on Sunday.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • His being here—scraping, sanding, painting, sitting across the table from us for dinner most nights—had been one of the joys of the past few weeks, a way of staving off the tension of moving and the sameness of the routine with the kids and the meals and the bedtime stories and all the rest.
    T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Checking (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checking%20%28off%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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