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checkmark

American  
[chek-mahrk] / ˈtʃɛkˌmɑrk /

verb (used with object)

  1. to indicate by a check mark.


Etymology

Origin of checkmark

First recorded in 1955–60; check 1 + mark 1


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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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