checklist
Americannoun
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checklists
plural
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of checklist
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Sir Chris Bryant comes to NI 'with checklist not chequebook'
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A checklist also found on Mangione contained entries including "intel check in" and reminders to purchase a camera from the Best Buy retail chain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Human matchmakers say that nudging their clients beyond a strict checklist of what they think they want is core to their practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The checklist to launch an independent minor league baseball team is long and daunting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Then she gives us a checklist of what to do: strip and make the beds, vacuum, clean the bathroom, throw away the garbage.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
They’d ingest all of your financial information into their software and would have checklists to make sure they got all the relevant information.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
One of the checklists, about rolling back protections for Haitians in the U.S., emerged in litigation last year.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
A QRH contains checklists, including how to respond to a "non normal" event.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
Another person cited new checklists Narasimhan rolled out that help keep stores neat and orderly, but shift managers’ attention from spending time with their employees to crossing off to-do lists.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
I went to sleep each night thinking about what still needed to be done and opened my eyes every morning with my mental checklists for the day, the week, and the month ahead already made.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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