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Recent Examples of fact-check
Previously, the only location information on accounts was what users had entered themselves, which the platform didn’t fact-check.
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Kevin Collier, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
But Brennan will still be able to fact-check or challenge claims made by interview subjects, said a CBS News employee familiar with the change who spoke under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss it.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The new policy will put the onus on Face the Nation moderators to fact-check guests in real time.
—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
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Kevin Collier, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
But Brennan will still be able to fact-check or challenge claims made by interview subjects, said a CBS News employee familiar with the change who spoke under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss it.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The new policy will put the onus on Face the Nation moderators to fact-check guests in real time.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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The state Air Resources Board is expected to revise the proposal in the coming weeks before bringing it to a vote in May.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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That copy, allegedly drafted by Camp Sugar, was revised to conform with Wallace’s instructions, Case said in a deposition.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2026
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Terri Cullen edited this edition.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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The software includes editing tools for inserting text, annotating, merging, splitting, compressing, and watermarking PDFs.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit claims Meta did not adequately disclose that intimate footage could be reviewed and annotated by a human contractor.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
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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
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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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To do so was to send $80 million back to California coffers, rectifying a mistake made by the state controller’s office that mixed up the monthly K-12 education payments sent to 11 counties.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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After forgetting to kiss at the altar, the couple rectified the error on the Buckingham Palace balcony in front of 600,000 onlookers.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
9 Mar. 2026
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There had been talk about reworking the pilot as recently as earlier this week.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2026
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Carolina is likely reworking its offseason plan for the position after Yosh Nijman surprisingly retired on Wednesday.—
Mike Kaye
Updated March 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
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The teen, whose name was redacted from court filings, texted her father and described the events surrounding the shooting.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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But the department missed the December deadline laid out in the 2025 law for the total release of files and has faced criticism over the ways in which the files were redacted.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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Questions and comments will be moderated, read, and answered as time allows.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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So if a person thinks about moving their hand, the device reads those brain signals and turns them into an actual movement.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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