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Recent Examples of fact-check
Always review and fact-check AI outputs before using them.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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Authorities had previously said seven people had died on the mountain before revising down the figure on Tuesday.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Shohei Ohtani’s two-way prowess has already forced Major League Baseball to revise its rulebook, adding provisions to protect his ability to pitch and hit in the same game.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Wikipedia, which launched in 2001, is an online crowdsourced encyclopedia that consists of entries written and edited by volunteers.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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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,
28 Oct. 2025
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Below is the text of the Fifteenth Amendment, annotated with scholarship from JSTOR to provide historical context and research.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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The archival material is organized and annotated by Chaplin biographer David Robinson and editor Cecilia Cenciarelli, who have done essential work here detailing Chaplin’s biggest final burst of creativity.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unless otherwise noted, all stats are tailored to redraft, half-PPR, 1-QB leagues, and ADPs are via Fantasy Football Calculator. Figure out a way to acquire Chase Brown Few players have drawn preseason praise like Bengals RB Chase Brown.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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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
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This not-so-little Twihard jumped at the chance to rectify my preteen FOMO.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The government has pledged not to weaken or reduce protections to encourage trade or investment and to rectify any previous dilution of those standards.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many have reworked their menus to account for the simple physical fact that anything warm put into a container immediately begins to steam in its own heat, getting soggy.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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To avoid raising prices, which could cause customers to flee, Pappas has been forced to get creative, reworking some of his designs.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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The name of the officer who shot Kerr is redacted from the investigative reports.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Oct. 2025
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Following is a list of Affinity Groups, including contact information [redacted by THR].—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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That's because every possession demands rapid analysis such as reading the court, predicting opponents’ moves and making split-second decisions, all while maintaining control of the ball.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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The sketch then cut to an indoor security-cam shot of him reading Post-its stuck to the fridge.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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