checkbox

noun

check·box ˈchek-ˌbäks

variants or check box

plural checkboxes or check boxes

: a small box (as in a checklist) in which to place a check mark (see check entry 2 sense 7) to make a selection, indicate completion of a task, etc.

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The current drug development process operates like an assembly line, relying on a checkbox approach with extensive testing at each step of the process. —

Christian MacEdonia, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025 In 2020, the CDC added a checkbox to its model case review form for committees to indicate whether discrimination played a role. —

Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2024 This brings us to the fundamental problem: Third-party risk management has become an expensive checkbox exercise. —

Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 The spokesperson also said the lack of a checkbox does not mean HHS failed to meet the goals of Biden’s order. —

Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for checkbox