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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It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez and fact-checked by Tyler Jones.
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Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 11 Aug. 2025
His memory is selective, however, and Stolen also features law enforcement officials who fact-check his claims.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Regardless of how rigorously fact-checked the stories may be (a Dunn Museum write-up about Blarney Island indicates the name change happened sometime around 1923, nearly a decade before the end of Prohibition), the tale shows some of the area’s storied past.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
That was part of a broader public pushback against social media companies that were uniquely employing different fact-check methods, notably during the COVID pandemic and surrounding major elections—especially the 2016 and 2020 presidential contests.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 11 Aug. 2025
His memory is selective, however, and Stolen also features law enforcement officials who fact-check his claims.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Regardless of how rigorously fact-checked the stories may be (a Dunn Museum write-up about Blarney Island indicates the name change happened sometime around 1923, nearly a decade before the end of Prohibition), the tale shows some of the area’s storied past.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
That was part of a broader public pushback against social media companies that were uniquely employing different fact-check methods, notably during the COVID pandemic and surrounding major elections—especially the 2016 and 2020 presidential contests.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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