fact-check

verb

ˈfak(t)-ˌchek 

fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks

transitive verb

: to verify the factual accuracy of

fact-check the article before publication

fact-checker

ˈfak(t)-ˌche-kər 

noun

Examples of fact-check in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Earlier University of Washington research similarly found the wage hikes reduced low-wage workers’ hours by about 9% even as hourly pay rose roughly 3%, per Ballotpedia’s fact-check compilation. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026

This episode was fact-checked by Leyla Doss, with engineering by Annlie Huang. — Robert Smith, NPR, 24 July 2026

All of our stories are rigorously fact-checked, nonpartisan and free to read. — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

Yet, despite a smattering of citations, the work is impossible to fact-check, much less peer-review. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fact-check

• aztec
• breakneck
• codec
• exec
• mixtec
• paycheck
• pinchbeck
• recheck
• redneck
• toltec
• beck
• breck