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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Scientists and fact-checking organizations have widely refuted these myths.
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Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
The news items below were selected by the newsletter author, created using AI, and then edited and fact-checked.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 July 2025
The claims that Beyoncé was paid millions of dollars to back Harris began to spread on social media among Trump supporters last year, according to CNN, with a number of fact-checking sites finding no evidence to back it up.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 July 2025
Meanwhile, a Chilean fact-checking site said photographs provided to and subsequently published by The Morning Call purportedly depicting Leon were instead of a man named Manuel González, who died in 2021.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 28 July 2025
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Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
The news items below were selected by the newsletter author, created using AI, and then edited and fact-checked.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 July 2025
The claims that Beyoncé was paid millions of dollars to back Harris began to spread on social media among Trump supporters last year, according to CNN, with a number of fact-checking sites finding no evidence to back it up.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 July 2025
Meanwhile, a Chilean fact-checking site said photographs provided to and subsequently published by The Morning Call purportedly depicting Leon were instead of a man named Manuel González, who died in 2021.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 28 July 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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