checklist
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Taken together, the essays reject a simple checklist approach to leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
For investors, the checklist for the next 12 months is concrete.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Cambridgeshire County Council said while the DfE provided schools with heatwave advice, the council had also sent guidance to all schools "outlining steps to take, including a heat checklist" in 2022.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Babydoll dresses are not the reason that the full-scale disempowerment of women and girls sits atop a checklist of government priorities.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 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 distribute checklists and tax organizers in late December, urging clients to make incremental progress early in tax season to avoid last-minute stress.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 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
This tactic – of bombarding responders with lengthy bureaucratic checklists and processes – is routinely deployed by the junta to restrict the activities of international aid organisations in Myanmar, humanitarian sources told the BBC.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
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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