fact-checking

present participle of fact-check

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checking
Verb
  • Eric Lu, the co-founder of the online video editing software program Kapwing, has offered AI image generation to his customers for several years, starting with Stable Diffusion.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The series earned four Emmy nominations, for director James Burrows and for production design, sound mixing for a half-hour series and picture editing for a multi-camera comedy.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That leaves places such as Apache County in limbo in a debate centered over keeping government fully operational at existing funding levels and revising health insurance coverage for poor and working-class Americans.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Europe’s ability to meet its multiyear commitments is far from clear, and Brussels continues to resist revising regulations that inhibit the operation of American high-tech companies on the continent.
    JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kinso, designed as an AI brain for conversations, calendars, and contacts, sets itself apart from competitors still reworking outdated platforms for the age of AI.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Businesses have attempted to limit the cost of tariffs from being passed on by rerouting supply chains, reworking operations, instituting hiring pauses, or administering large-scale layoffs.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • As long as annotating serves the reader a purpose, any style is fine, experts say.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even now, when the harassment is digital—some guy in Texas sending me an explicit message after reading my essay—my instinct is still to minimize it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Phyllis Diller sent her a piece of hair art after reading about the museum in People magazine.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The concealer, which is our favorite hack for dark circles, comes in 24 shades, including color-correcting options like green and pink.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • By correcting those practices, there would be plenty of money to fairly pay staff, the union has asserted.
    Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This week, Billboard’s New Music Latin roundup and playlist — curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — features fresh new music, including fresh picks by Young Miko, Natalia Lafourcade, and Ricky Martin & Carín León revamping a 1995 classic, to name a few.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Betting big on business Beyond revamping its direct-to-consumer business, Peloton is also unveiling a new commercial equipment line of more durable versions of its existing hardware.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Fact-checking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checking. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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