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Meanings of checkmark in English

A mark made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.

Usage of checkmark in English
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Occasionally she used a pen and stabbed a checkmark or slashed an X beside a name.
Man in the Middle
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Another task accomplished, another checkmark in Paxton's column.
The devil's alphabet
3
When a transcript is pretty good and gives you the information you need, click the checkmark box.
Reuters
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If your partner bought the object, or it was a joint purchase, place a checkmark beside it.
59 seconds: think a little, change a lot
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New routes are graded there by consensus, with each person selecting between three grading options with a checkmark.
Climbing Magazine
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Erika had placed a big checkmark beside the best time to call, when her uncle wouldn't be home.
Good girls don't
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We finally got our checkmark.
Reuters
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About two hours later, I was in my bedroom scrolling through my comments and I saw a verified checkmark among them.
The Guardian
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The checkmark was misplaced. But that was all forgotten a few minutes later, when Fox News called Ohio for Obama for real.
Reuters
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Moody later said that the checkmark was for a moment misplaced, that it should have been on Michigan and not the Buckeye State.
Reuters
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There will be little checkmarks in either column, or both, depending.
Geektastic
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Because the man made continuous checkmarks on a standardized form.
Roast mortem
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Magdalina makes checkmarks in Jessie's books as she goes along.
Making toast
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Someone had put checkmarks next to Chambliss, Crossly and Ferris.
Eye of vengeance
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You should end up with a list of five objects and between zero and five checkmarks.
59 seconds: think a little, change a lot
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How many checkmarks did you put in the "True" column?
59 seconds: think a little, change a lot
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