cross-check

1 of 2

verb

cross-checked; cross-checking; cross-checks

transitive verb

1
: to obstruct in ice hockey or lacrosse by thrusting one's stick held in both hands across an opponent's face or body
2
: to check (something, such as data or reports) from various angles or sources to determine validity or accuracy

cross-check

2 of 2

noun

: an act or instance of cross-checking

Examples of cross-check in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Investigators pulled this account together slowly in the course of years, cross-checking hundreds of interviews with survivors, eyewitnesses, and participants in the events. Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 Arm doors and cross-check: Charli’s Brat era is ready for takeoff. Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Feb. 2024 Detroit Red Wings forward David Perron was suspended for six games earlier this season for a cross-check to an opponent's head on another reaction play. Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024 Then do a cross-check with the nationwide database. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024 In March, Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that Texas would create its own voter cross-check program. Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 20 July 2023 Entries are added and verified through regular cross-checks to make the whole project trustworthy, a process incentivized with crypto token rewards. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024 Their testimony was cross-checked, including by comparing multiple accounts about specific prisons and comparing accounts about different prisons to identify common practices. Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024 Incredibly, nobody along the way cross-checked her blood type with that of the donor. Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
Noun
The company, however, declined to implement such recommendations as publicly marking the pages of state actors and political candidates, business partners, media actors and other public figures included in the cross-check program. Clare Duffy, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023 Dylan Larkin avoids suspension, but fined $5,000 for cross-check Raymond hasn't played since suffering a lower-body injury in a collision with teammate Ben Chiarot on Feb. 10. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cross-check was circa 1930

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“Cross-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-check. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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