fact-check

verb

fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks

transitive verb

: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
fact-checker noun

Examples of fact-check in a Sentence

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Institutional Preparedness Brands should also build alliances with external partners such as fact-checking organizations and reputation management firms. 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 See All Example Sentences for fact-check

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fact-check was in 1973

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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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