fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
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It’s being talked over, told to calm down or having your feelings fact-checked — unsolicited.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
However, the fact-checking website Snopes said the image showed protests in Los Angeles following the death of George Floyd in May 2020.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
How to implement: A journalism course could challenge students to use AI for background research and then fact-check and verify the findings.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Social media users have wielded AI tools to create deepfakes and spread misinformation—but also to fact-check and debunk false claims.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 June 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
However, the fact-checking website Snopes said the image showed protests in Los Angeles following the death of George Floyd in May 2020.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
How to implement: A journalism course could challenge students to use AI for background research and then fact-check and verify the findings.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Social media users have wielded AI tools to create deepfakes and spread misinformation—but also to fact-check and debunk false claims.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fact-check
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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