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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Institutional Preparedness Brands should also build alliances with external partners such as fact-checking organizations and reputation management firms.
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Deboshree Sarkar, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
This article has been updated to clarify that Meta is ending fact-checking operations only in the United States.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Donald Trump cruising into his second 100 days with another major promise kept and a fact-check on Democratic lies about his plans.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
Editors’ Picks The email also recommended parents teach their child how to fact-check Gemini’s answers.
—Natasha Singer, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Deboshree Sarkar, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
This article has been updated to clarify that Meta is ending fact-checking operations only in the United States.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Donald Trump cruising into his second 100 days with another major promise kept and a fact-check on Democratic lies about his plans.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
Editors’ Picks The email also recommended parents teach their child how to fact-check Gemini’s answers.
—Natasha Singer, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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