checkmark
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of checkmark
Example Sentences
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The breaches included the deceptive design of its "blue checkmark" for supposedly verified accounts, and failure to provide access to public data for researchers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
But now it has become a combination of the two - with a person simply seen as prominent if they are followed by enough people with a checkmark of their own.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
But part of the sell is that without that $8 checkmark, Twitter is just worse.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2023
You can buy a blue checkmark but you can’t buy Louis CK’s red carpet.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
Occasionally they confer, but mostly Monica makes one of two marks on her clipboard—either a checkmark, I think, or just a line, a little dash.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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