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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a check box" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a graphical user interface element that allows users to make a binary choice, typically in forms or surveys.
Example: "Please select your preferences by ticking the appropriate check box next to each option."
Alternatives: "a tick box" or "a selection box".
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It is no longer an engine for discovery; it's merely a huge tent, a check box.
Instead, this option is buried on a preference screen, masquerading as a check box called "Filter graphics by size".
If the phone is offline, a check box lets you request an e-mail alert if the phone ever pops back online.
On the same Web page, some 75 other offers from advertisers are displayed, each adjacent to a check box -- some already checked by default.
(If you see a check box with a gray background and a check already in it, your computer already has some of the components in that category installed).
iCab's most radical feature is one that Microsoft and Netscape wouldn't touch with a 10-foot fiber-optic cable: a check box that makes Web-page ads disappear.
The details level of data to export can be determined by the user via a check box menu (Fig. 9).
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I don't know if they have a check-box for that on the standard birth plan.
"There's a check-box right on the contract that allows you to waive attorney review if you want to," Mr. Grossman said.
There's also a check-box at the bottom to mark all items as read (or you simply hit "A").
Marketing has, perhaps by burgeoning start-up scene, become a check-box exercise for many companies.
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