fact-check

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Recent Examples of fact-check Always review and fact-check AI outputs before using them. Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 My cohort is not John Oliver–level media personalities with PR teams, production crews, and a research staff to fact-check the punch lines. Jessica Yellin, The Atlantic, 13 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 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 See All Example Sentences for fact-check
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
Verb
  • Moreover, the June count was revised lower to a loss of 13,000, the first monthly decline since December 2020.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The jobs report from July shattered the narrative that the economy of 2025 was strong, revising previous figures downward and revealing something close to an 80% collapse in hiring, even as inflation crept upwards and layoffs rolled.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This one-time purchase grants access to Skylum's full suite of photo-editing tools, available for both Windows and macOS, and is a smart investment for amateur photographers.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Landsat/Copernicus/Google Earth A satellite image provided by Google Earth and annotated by Newsweek shows Charlie Kirk's location at the time of his shooting and the nearby Losee Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
    Amanda Castro Gabe Whisnant Anna Commander Toby Meyjes Shane Croucher John Feng Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Users can annotate PDFs and ebooks right on the device.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If ballot language is struck down in court, Hoskins will get three opportunities to write his own before the courts can redraft the wording.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Unless otherwise noted, all stats are tailored to redraft, half-PPR, 1-QB leagues.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That moves a bit of blood flow to the area and helps rectify a slouchy posture, too.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Sales of the products have been suspended until the problem has been rectified.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Panthers reworked their outside linebacker room this offseason.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Under artistic director Camille Miceli, the brand emphasizes mixing and matching, reworking Pucci’s motifs and patchwork.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Privacy policies and technical controls should work in tandem to redact, compartmentalize and safeguard all customer data.
    Khash Kiani, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The photo includes what appears to be a young woman with her face redacted.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The court received a total of 28 victim impact statements, of which seven were read publicly at last month's hearings.
    Alasdair Pal, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Keep reading for all the sexiest styles from the 2025 VMAs.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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