fact-checks

Definition of fact-checksnext
present tense third-person singular of fact-check

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checks
Verb
  • Many existing image edits, however, remain online.
    Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Thankfully, though, delight should arrive as your thoughtful edits blossom into shared success.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the latest overhaul, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), revises work requirements and alters who is exempt from them.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • DaCosta both reveals and revises the story’s tragic dimension up front, opening with Hedda being questioned by the police about events that led to a certain consequential gunshot.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The design reworks the Gel-Quantum 360 I AMP’s entire upper, stripping away the mesh and suede overlays for a nearly one-piece construction.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Most of her fabrics come from the British cloth merchant Dugdale, which reworks archival fabrics from the mid-19th century, and operates in Huddersfield, in the North of England.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • For example, a 96-page police report on a Florida investigation into Epstein in the mid-2000s redacts the names of victims and other details, but leaves many other details in.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Normally, the Commission redacts or refrains from publishing proprietary details.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Each year’s report reads like a sequel to the last, with familiar characters and unresolved plotlines.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Other must reads For centuries, Malinche was vilified in Mexico as the ultimate traitor.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • If a fast, irregular rhythm is recognized, the device corrects it by sending a small electrical signal, according to a news release.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
  • If the sale does go through, the administration can still use its enforcement powers to make sure any new owner corrects open violations and adheres to rent-stabilization laws.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And the hotel publishes its actual carbon footprint on its site.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Poets & Writers has a detailed directory of agents and the magazine often publishes profiles of agents as well as advice from them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Fact-checks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checks. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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