fact-checking

present participle of fact-check

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checking
Verb
  • Typing becomes editing, not thinking.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The group has backed leading AI model developers such as OpenAI, as well as application-level startups like OpusClip, a generative-AI video-editing platform, and Tempus AI, which applies machine learning to precision medicine.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The company recently sent emails to authorized Starlink resellers about revising the terms and conditions for offering the satellite internet service.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In a report produced for Wednesday’s meeting, city planning staff list three possible alternatives for reworking the roadway.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • The extension signified rectifying the city's decision, motivated by Black-white racial divisions, not to name the entire street after the Civil Rights leader.
    Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Steve Berman, managing partner and co-founder of Hagens Berman, one of the firms working on behalf of the plaintiff, said Chun’s certification is a step toward rectifying consumers’ issues.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers are counting on such advances to help power them in their grand quest of sequencing and annotating the world’s organisms.
    Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Instead of annotating the text in the margins, use removable sticky notes to record your favorite quotes and thoughts.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For more stellar Tupperware and food storage container finds at Amazon, keep reading!
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Jae Towle Viera considers the unexpected effects of reading to their child.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Same for Dax Hill, focusing on going back to work and correcting mistakes.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Some of the picks on this list even have color-correcting powers built right into the concealer, giving you multiple benefits in a few swipes.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So, Samsung is reportedly revamping its styus tech to allow for Qi2 accessories beyond cases.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Waggoner credits his late mother Mary with teaching him the skills necessary to do the repairs and revamping.
    Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Fact-checking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checking. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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