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 Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Debbie Daughtry and Cena Loffredo.
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NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
To me, the most famous New Yorker fact-checking story involves the character actor Eric Blore.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Lead Stories is a media organization that specializes in fact-checking and online spoofs.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The class taught participants how to use various prompts to create documents, how to fact-check the AI systems’ outputs and how to use chatbots to verify other chatbots’ work.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
To me, the most famous New Yorker fact-checking story involves the character actor Eric Blore.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Lead Stories is a media organization that specializes in fact-checking and online spoofs.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The class taught participants how to use various prompts to create documents, how to fact-check the AI systems’ outputs and how to use chatbots to verify other chatbots’ work.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fact-check
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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