check mark

noun

checkmark transitive verb

Examples of check mark in a Sentence

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Still, the first half of the season has hit a lot of check marks for the perennial contenders. Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 That same day, Preston Parra, the chairman of Conservative PAC, a political action committee formed to support Mr. Trump’s policies, discovered that his X account had also lost its check mark. Ryan Mac, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 There was this one blue check mark that hit me up first, and this was a couple months before the reunion. Laura Bradley, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024 The singer shared this clip with four emojis, a Puerto Rican flag, a voting symbol, a check mark and a clip. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 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 23 Jan. 2025.

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