fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
Examples of fact-check in a Sentence
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Expand your mind, converse with experts and fact-check before implementing suggestions.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Trump initially made the claim during the ABC News presidential debate last month, but he was fact-checked by co-moderator David Muir, who noted that Springfield’s city manager said that there was no evidence that immigrants were eating people’s pets.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Meta shared that the company removes content that violates its Community Standards policies and works with 10 third-party fact-checking organizations in the U.S. to debunk false claims or limit the content's reach if it's been rated as false.
—Erielle Delzer, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Trump initially made the claim during the ABC News presidential debate last month, but he was fact-checked by co-moderator David Muir, who noted that Springfield’s city manager said that there was no evidence that immigrants were eating people’s pets.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Meta shared that the company removes content that violates its Community Standards policies and works with 10 third-party fact-checking organizations in the U.S. to debunk false claims or limit the content's reach if it's been rated as false.
—Erielle Delzer, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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