fact-check

verb

Definition of fact-checknext
as in to revise

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Recent Examples of fact-check The Times dismissed those concerns, saying that the piece was thoroughly fact-checked before publication, and was additionally checked when critics challenged the piece. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 15 June 2026 The only way to know for sure is to FOIA data for this most recent time period and fact-check what the chief is saying. — Divya Ramjee, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 Ask for credible sources and fact-check responses. — Leeann Weintraub, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026 Any King of Pop completist or glutton for punishment seeking to fact-check the megabudget Michael Jackson biopic Michael (in theaters now) will certainly have their work cut out for them. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fact-check
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
  1. revise
  2. edit
  3. annotate
  4. redraft
  5. rectify
  6. rework
  7. redact
  8. read
Verb
  • The exchange recently revised its rules for new public companies to become part of the index, allowing the space and AI company to be included within a month of going public.
    — CJ Haddad, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • The city will once again revise its sale of the Oakland Coliseum complex, transferring ownership of the East Bay’s most notable property to a development group that will no longer need to pay for all of it right away.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Definition of revise
Verb
  • Trump later filed a lawsuit alleging the network deceptively edited the interview — an accusation CBS denied.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • Ren also served as cinematographer, with editing by Shi, original music by Luna Pan, and sound post-production by Music and Effects.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of edit
Verb
  • The two identical charts annotate the setup in different ways.
    — Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 26 June 2026
  • Videos of manufacturing procedures can be recorded, annotated and archived by AI.
    — SK Gupta, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of annotate
Verb
  • The South African Reserve Bank will also redraft risk scenarios in the wake of the war.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The House and Senate will redraft Healey’s spending blueprint and debate their own versions, typically in April and May.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of redraft
Verb
  • Our biggest complaint was that the bundled mouse felt a little chintzy, and that's easily rectified.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
  • The company took a step to rectify this with no-meeting Fridays.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of rectify
Verb
  • Most of the works are adaptations of existing pieces rather than new commissions, though Devlin’s contribution, Screenshare (2025), was reworked specifically for NMACC.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
  • That front bumper is reworked with red accents, and there are dashes of carbon fiber everywhere.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2026
Definition of rework
Verb
  • That pilot’s name is redacted in the transcript, but may refer to Nadia Marcinko, Epstein’s former girlfriend who also served as an assistant pilot for his private plane.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The White House also released four tranches of documents meant to support the speech, but Trump’s claims were a farrago of recycled information, misrepresentations of evidence, and tendentious claims based on materials too heavily redacted to parse.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of redact
Verb
  • The disagreements were intelligent, experienced, and specific — and reading them in bulk did not soften my view.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • The pair met when Nolan showed up at Caine’s front door asking him to read for the role of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins(2005).
    — Emma Urdangen, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of read

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