fact-check

Examples of fact-check in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta. Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 Media and Big Tech ABC: After being repeatedly fact-checked in his September debate with Harris, Trump demanded that the Federal Communications Commission revoke ABC's broadcasting license. Zachary Basu, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024 Last year, Alphabet, Meta, and X reduced the size of their trust and safety teams and Meta completely abandoned a project building a new fact-checking tool as a result of cuts. Makena Kelly, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024 Expand your mind, converse with experts and fact-check before implementing suggestions. Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fact-check 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
Verb
  • Fewer than 5,000 of the top-line sedans sold in 2023, with its tally tumbling prompting Genesis to revise the 2025 models.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Using unemployment insurance tax records, the BLS revised previous figures by 818,000 jobs.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This interview, which took place before Tuesday’s election, has been edited for length and clarity.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
  • This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Readers can annotate ebooks in color (pink, yellow, blur, and orange), but stylus support would have made this super simple.
    Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The code labeler adds comments to the code, trying to annotate what is going on so that the AI can more deeply analyze the code.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The state lawyers filed a 50-page brief at the 1st District Court of Appeal contending that Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper did not have the authority to order the panel, known as the Financial Impact Estimating Conference, to redraft the statement.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
  • The league redrafts its teams each week with the top four point scorers serving as captains.
    DOUG FEINBERG, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Verb
  • Wilson and the president of the development company had built a relationship and money was offered to rectify the issue.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Returning to the office full-time is a way to help rectify that issue, according to Andy Jassy.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • However, per Bloomberg, Apple has plans to rework the device and lower the cost in an attempt to appeal to a broader consumer base.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The app most recent update reworked its masking process and added the ability to hide an image’s background with AI.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The costs of the soap dispenser from Boeing, the similar soap dispenser and the number of dispensers purchased by the Air Force were redacted in the report, but in total, the Air Force overpaid $149,072 for the soap dispensers.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • While his name was redacted, fans will know that King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Daquan Bennett, also known as King Von, was shot and killed on Nov. 6, 2020.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Click here to read more on how new laws are impacting Louisiana.
    Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Now read the latest MacBook, iPhone, and iMac headlines in Forbes’ weekly Apple Loop news digest...
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024

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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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