: having been subjected to evaluation or appraisal : critically reviewed and evaluated for official approval or acceptance
… a central hub for victims, providing legal resources, a vetted list of lawyers … and how-to guides for petitioning lawmakers.—
Ryan Broderick
Ryan BroderickInternet users don't hate the media. … People want the vetted information the news media offer …—James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik… a carefully curated electronic eco-system that allows you to interact only with vetted software or Web sites.—John Pavlus
see also vet entry 3
John PavlusExamples of vetted in a Sentence
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The vetted products feature a marijuana leaf symbol and an exclamation mark inside a triangle.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Over the weekend and into Monday as Harris, 59, talked to six vetted candidates, the 60-year-old Walz emerged.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Aug. 2024
Stripe, Alphabet, Meta, Shopify, and McKinsey Sustainability launched one effort called Frontier in 2022 to connect vetted carbon removal projects with companies interested in paying for their services.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
But to accurately answer queries about current events, LLMs need access to smaller pools of vetted information in real time.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 30 July 2024
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Over the weekend and into Monday as Harris, 59, talked to six vetted candidates, the 60-year-old Walz emerged.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Aug. 2024
Stripe, Alphabet, Meta, Shopify, and McKinsey Sustainability launched one effort called Frontier in 2022 to connect vetted carbon removal projects with companies interested in paying for their services.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
But to accurately answer queries about current events, LLMs need access to smaller pools of vetted information in real time.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 30 July 2024
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“Vetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vetted. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
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