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fact-checked

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past tense of fact-check

as in edited

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Researchers showed respondents two versions of the same video, one edited by a human, one by AI, without telling them which was which, and asked for a blind preference before revealing anything about how either was made.

— Muhammad Usman Qamar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
In some memes in recent weeks, the photo has become so over-edited that the character's glistening face is slicker, darker and even more uncanny.

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

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Connecticut’s pay-to-stay statute has been revised several times over the past decade and has been challenged in federal court.

— Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
With the additional loans Paramount is seeking to secure, that estimate will likely be revised upward.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

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My team has had projects with perfectly annotated and stabilized data that was so limited that their model couldn’t perform accurately at scale.

— Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The set includes 25 hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; deluxe packaging with rare photographs and new illustrations, plus artwork and documents annotated by Kubrick himself.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 June 2026

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Haskins initially played Principal Belding on Disney Channel show Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was reworked after one season and became Saved by the Bell.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
The range this season spans across apparel and footwear, with familiar Adidas heritage silhouettes seen reworked through Chavarria’s design lens that balances athletic references with his fashion point of view.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of reworked

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That, even if someone else read the words, perhaps some part of it could be withheld, could be sheltered.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
After reading the script, watching the documentary, and meeting Peedom, Hiddleston signed up for the project, which led him to climb to Everest’s base camp alongside the director, Phuntsok, and a high-altitude medical specialist.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

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The man had fallen to the floor from his wheelchair and stopped breathing, the daughter of another resident told inspectors in December 2025 — the date of the incident is redacted in AHCA’s report.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
The driver, whose name was redacted from the report, was arrested near the 1700 block of South Elm Street, the report says.

— arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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