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box-ticking
noun
- derogatory.the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
Example Sentences
However, she said that looking at images of the new structure, the platform seemed to be a "box-ticking exercise rather than an enhancement".
The data gathering plans had been criticised by some Conservative MPs as well as City bosses privately as being costly and little more than a box-ticking exercise.
Through cutting what the government describes as "box-ticking targets", ministers say GPs will be freed up to take the first steps towards ending the 08:00 scramble for an appointment.
It referenced years of similar criticism from other reports, including a 2016 paper from the New City Agenda which said there was "a deep seated culture of box-ticking" at the FCA.
This is where making the series about Muslim women rockers accomplishes more than representational box-ticking: It makes an old story new and nuanced.
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