fact-checked

past tense of fact-check

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checked
Verb
  • Some quotes have been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
    Charles Infosino, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Condensed and edited by Rebecca Kilroy.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As a guiding principle, are there any expectations or agreements that need to be completed or revised from August 11 to now?
    Colin Bedell, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
  • In a 2021 update that incorporated additional factors into the simulations, DeConto and colleagues revised that estimate sharply downward, projecting less than 40 centimeters of sea-level rise by the century’s end under high-emission scenarios.
    Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet, despite this thorough materialism, the survival of Lucretius’ poem depends entirely on two manuscripts copied out in the Carolingian period, and one of them was certainly at the royal court, where it was studied and annotated by the Irish scholar Dungal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • These are showcased alongside engravers’ prints and unpublished documents, such as preparatory Polaroids and test prints annotated by Avedon.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The car is not the Camaro in most other respects, too, with the interior getting a bespoke redesign, the body panels changed, the bumpers changed, the front grille reworked, and the headlights and tail lights updated, too.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Rider’s spring bags for Celine reworked house icons with quiet precision.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • North Texas’ defense was at or near the bottom of the conference each of the last two years, but Morris hired former Sam Houston defensive coordinator Skyler Cassity, who seems to have rectified the issue as the Mean Green are currently third in the conference in yards allowed per game.
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The audit called for those conflicting mandates to be rectified and suggested the monitor’s office could hire an outside attorney who does not work for the city.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • As Markovic corrected himself, taking back the goal, the cameras cut to the Panthers' head coach Paul Maurice, who was visibly perplexed at the scenario as Devils fans cheered in the background.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This is the web version of CEO Daily, a newsletter of must-read global insights from CEOs and industry leaders.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • To their credit, the Young Republicans organization issued a strong denouncement of the comments, although I was horrified by reading the online responses to it.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The health department redacted a portion of the letter that placed Bookman on leave, obscuring any explanation of what officials were investigating.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Police said in their report that Leatherwood made an admission, but his statements were redacted.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Fact-checked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checked. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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