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Recent Examples of fact-check
The new policy will put the onus on Face the Nation moderators to fact-check guests in real time.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Such communications also offer vital details when people die or are injured during interactions with police officers — allowing journalists to fact-check statements made by department leaders in their ensuing news releases.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
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
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Such communications also offer vital details when people die or are injured during interactions with police officers — allowing journalists to fact-check statements made by department leaders in their ensuing news releases.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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The Klan had been targeting those newly freed from slavery, but over the years the law has been revised to apply to a wide range of violations of constitutional rights.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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While our current price estimate for SAP is $330, this will be revised downward to account for the most recent financial results and slowing growth.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Today’s edition of 5 Things AM was edited and produced by CNN’s Andrew Torgan.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Far from contemporary pop, each note and lyric demands your full attention; the reward is transcendence, even as the material nudges you to annotate like a philosophy student with a highlighter in hand.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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For example, after a creature’s genome is sequenced, the huge mass of raw genetic data—consisting of millions or billions of genetic building blocks called base pairs—must be annotated.—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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The House and Senate will redraft Healey’s spending blueprint and debate their own versions, typically in April and May.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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For example, when the firm was completing its recent merger, his team created an agentic capability to redraft the bios of the incoming 1,600 attorneys, which needed to be updated to include the new firm’s information and match its existing writing style.—
Sage Lazzaro,
Fortune,
15 Dec. 2025
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Henry Bushnell sought to rectify that, because the USMNT midfielder is bang at it.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking set out to rectify at Sundance that with our panel on The Messy Middle, presented by Dropbox.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
1 Feb. 2026
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The formula for the new Extrait limited edition wasn’t reworked; instead, the perfume concentration has been increased.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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Aubade has also been reworking its storytelling.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Under the law, government agencies, businesses and private individuals must redact and refrain from sharing the personal information of many current and former public officials upon request, though notably not those seeking office.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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According to the court filing, the witness, whose name was redacted, is a physician who lives near where the shooting occurred.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
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In the meantime, read on for the ultimate Pisces 2026 horoscope.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Wild Detectives, the bookstore and coffee shop in Oak Cliff, also closed its doors on Friday in solidarity with the movement, reads a post on Instagram.—
Imelda García,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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