Definition of checkers
: a checkerboard game for 2 players each with 12 pieces
Updated on: 10 Jun 2018
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Fact-checkers spring into action when Mr. Trump mischaracterizes immigration law or passes off debunked fables as historical facts.
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In the 1950s, an IBM engineer named Arthur Samuel created a checkers-playing program that learned in part by matching an alpha side against a beta side.
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Gingham Get ready to see a looooooooot of checkers this summer.
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Trump had used the descriptor to describe Todd in years past without inspiring much response, but the Twitterverse latched onto this utterance, sending fact-checkers into archives of Nazi propaganda.
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In at least one notable example, a plan to open a Foxconn facility in Wisconsin, The Washington Post’s fact-checkers determined that Trump’s effort to claim credit was undue.
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Hunched over laptops in their headquarters in an old house in Mexico City, about two dozen fact-checkers work around the clock knocking down fake news and verifying campaign claims that are correct.
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No, Kardashian's fans aren't professional fact-checkers, but their messages knocking down false reports and trolls send an important message: Don't believe every rumor.
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For the Italian elections this year, for example, the company hired independent fact-checkers to flag fake news and hoaxes.
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First Known Use of checkers
1712
CHECKERS Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of checkers for English Language Learners
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: a game played on a board (called a checkerboard) by two players who each have 12 round pieces called checkers
CHECKERS Defined for Kids
Definition of checkers for Students
: a game played on a checkerboard by two players each having twelve pieces
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