"I wanted to make sure I had that box checked, " he said.

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Maybe you watched a movie, logged on to in-flight wi-fi and cleaned up your email box, checked in on Facebook or updated your blog.

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One request for proposal we got recently seemed to ask for every feature box to be checked.

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In addition, a box must be checked on income tax returns noting the presence of foreign financial accounts.

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From the first time that spam emails from Groupon (I must have checked off a box somewhere) started to clog my in-box, I wondered: How do they stay in business?

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If Box 6b of the 1099-B form is checked, the firm is reporting cost basis to the IRS, says tax attorney Stevie Conlon of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.

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It duly arrived when Ronaldo charged into the left side of the penalty box before stopping and flicking the ball back to Rooney, who checked inside before unleashing an unstoppable shot into the far corner.

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The small black and orange box is preprogrammed with your phone numbers and dropped into a piece of checked luggage.

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