How to Use check mark in a Sentence

check mark

noun
  • Blue check marks are about to change on Twitter — again.
    Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Facebook has its own version of the blue-and-white check mark.
    NBC News, 20 May 2021
  • Last week, up popped a blue check mark on my @SenatorEdMarkey account.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
  • If an item has been shared, this button will show a check mark.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 24 June 2020
  • Other check marks for it: light weight (7.4 lb) and a high speed/low speed switch.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Now that the account is back up and running, the blue check mark is still missing.
    Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Gwendlyn Brown has some thoughts about her blue check mark.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The check mark is Gandhi in a world built by Bezos and Zuckerberg.
    Amitava Kumar, New York Times, 4 May 2021
  • Make sure any toggles here are off (a gray dot instead of a green check mark).
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Maybe the Bills game at home is as close to a check mark in the win column, but the rest of the schedule is littered with land mines.
    baltimoresun.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The company added a hashtag—#validated—followed by a green check mark.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Now, the blue check marks are available to anyone for purchase.
    Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The only thing that matters is the final score, and getting that check mark in the win column.
    Hunter Cooke, ajc, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Tight ends who can dunk always get a check mark from fake GM Mando.
    Armando Salguero, miamiherald, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Hriniak describes a swing that is like a check mark, a line down and direct to the ball and then level to up at the finish.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Those check marks are used to enforce voting rights and civil rights laws.
    John Blake, CNN, 11 June 2018
  • Are those check marks or dashes laddering the left side?
    Diane Seuss, New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • Louder, more confident cheers broke out the second time the screen showed the red check mark next to Campbell’s name.
    Milton J. Valencia, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The list on his bedroom door now is covered with check marks, including one next to that last line.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2020
  • Lauren Goode: Right, because people can now just pay for a blue check mark.
    WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
  • WhatsApp showed a single check mark, meaning that the message hadn’t reached him.
    Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The second type are locally available files, which have a green check mark on them and live both on your device and in the cloud.
    Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2023
  • So being able to react to our many, many, many messages with the simple green check mark lets some of the pressure off.
    Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 13 June 2021
  • Users who pay $7.99 a month for the service would get a blue check mark and access to premium features.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Any name change will cause a temporary loss of a verified check mark.
    Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Impeachment managers put a blue check mark on both tweets.
    Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 12 Feb. 2021
  • In February 1979, a red check mark was added next to Iran, while Palestine and Egypt still waited farther down the list.
    Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 16 May 2021
  • Open the app, long-press on a photo until a check mark appears, tap the All button at the top left corner, and select Delete.
    Michael Simon, PCWorld, 3 July 2018
  • Some new recipients are already choosing to hide the check mark.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Only Alaska Airlines in the group of 10 airlines has a green check mark offering frequent flier miles in that case.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2024

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