fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
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The Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, put all those statements before auto industry experts with access to data to fact-check them for accuracy.
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Vito Emmanuel and engineered by Cena Loffredo and Robert Rodriguez.
—Willa Rubin, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025
In 2022, an interview with star Winona Ryder in Harper's Bazaar noted that the actress, who rose to fame in the decade with movies like Heathers and Beetlejuice, made a point of fact-checking scripts on the show.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Perhaps not; the fact-checking site Snopes found no evidence of the association even existing.
—Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Vito Emmanuel and engineered by Cena Loffredo and Robert Rodriguez.
—Willa Rubin, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025
In 2022, an interview with star Winona Ryder in Harper's Bazaar noted that the actress, who rose to fame in the decade with movies like Heathers and Beetlejuice, made a point of fact-checking scripts on the show.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Perhaps not; the fact-checking site Snopes found no evidence of the association even existing.
—Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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