How to Use fact-check in a Sentence
fact-check
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Any fact-checks will be weighed against moments where there were none at all.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 June 2024
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They were fact-checked by Sierra Juarez.
—Darian Woods, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
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Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
—USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
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Each fact is backed by thorough fact-checking and new archival searches.
—Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Now there’s a fact-checking website backing this up.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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But that assertion warrants a strict fact-check.
—Marc Joffe, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
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There’s no way to fact-check the secrets; Frank takes those sharing them at their word.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
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It was produced and fact-checked by Emma Peaslee.
—Jacob Goldstein, NPR, 6 May 2026
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But the beliefs of the faithful live in an arena beyond a fact-check.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant fromMeta.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
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False, according to a fact-checking page the agency has set up.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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One of their go-to text topics is fact-checking stories about each other.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
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Within a few years, the grunt from the fact-checking department had found his voice.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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The athlete said that his father would come across crazy tabloid stories from time to time and call him to fact-check.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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This might suggest that fact-checking efforts are paying off.
—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
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The fact-check notes that Meta still doesn’t operate in China.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ask for credible sources and fact-check responses.
—Leeann Weintraub, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
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None of it’s fact-checked, and there are no morals or character development.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
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It was edited by Meg Cramer and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez.
—NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
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It was edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez.
—Keith Romer, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
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It was edited by Kevin Townsend and fact-checked by Sam Fentress.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
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It was edited by Claudine Ebeid and fact-checked by Genevieve Finn.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
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Meta is rolling this out in the US first; elsewhere, the fact-checking system will remain.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
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It was then edited and fact-checked by journalists on the Sun staff before publishing.
—The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026
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Nothing is guaranteed to be accurate or fully fact-checked.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Hundreds of people will be involved in researching and fact-checking the book, Lyons told me.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez and fact-checked by Tyler Jones.
—Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 11 Aug. 2025
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The letter added that YouTube does not operate a fact-checking program.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
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All of our stories are rigorously fact-checked, nonpartisan and free to read.
—Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
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