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Recent Examples of fact-check
But his claims were fact-checked and debunked by several news media, including CNN and Fox News, which found that no state had similar prices last week.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Consider fact-checking advice with reliable sources of information, such as eatright.org from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 1 May 2025
Trump said a photo of tattoos on his knuckles confirmed García was part of the gang, but Moran fact-checked him, telling him the photo was digitally altered.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The social media giant announced sweeping changes to its hateful conduct policy and other content moderation standards in January, including abandoning its third-party fact-checking program, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg billed as a move to improve free speech.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Consider fact-checking advice with reliable sources of information, such as eatright.org from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 1 May 2025
Trump said a photo of tattoos on his knuckles confirmed García was part of the gang, but Moran fact-checked him, telling him the photo was digitally altered.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The social media giant announced sweeping changes to its hateful conduct policy and other content moderation standards in January, including abandoning its third-party fact-checking program, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg billed as a move to improve free speech.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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The changes are part of Newsom’s May revise to be unveiled Wednesday and aimed at addressing a $16 billion shortfall blamed on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, as well as rising drug costs and higher health care utilization among seniors.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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The Trump administration is greasing the wheels on the transition to autonomous driving by relaxing and revising federal regulations, though risks to the public remain.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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This interview has been edited and (barely!) condensed.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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This interview has been edited for clarity and length. IndieWire: Was there anything left on your bucket list for the show, going into this last season?—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025
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MuleSoft says that because LLMs need access to the API specifications, they must be annotated with metadata that the LLMs can reason with.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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These are our best Mother's Day gift ideas to help moms work from home, annotate their books, or dip into the world of gaming in their downtime.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
1 May 2025
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If ballot language is challenged in court, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins will now get three opportunities to write his own before the courts can redraft the wording.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 May 2025
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My wife took the relevant bits of the newsletter, pasted them into Claude—the A.I. system offered by the firm Anthropic—and asked it to redraft them as an e-mail to the county.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2025
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Thankfully, lawmakers have recognized the absurdity of this framework and stepped up to rectify it.—
Robert Melvin,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2025
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Adding the aforementioned shear wall to the building can rectify conditions related to the south elevator shaft but not the sliding exceedance at the north stair shaft.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Seven of New Haven’s 20 varsity programs played in NCAA Tournaments this year, including football, which will need a couple of seasons to rework its schedules before joining the NEC.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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Archetypal masculine garments were reworked into a sensual personalized silhouette.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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While the minor’s age was redacted in documents, she was arrested and charged with seven felony counts of lewd or lascivious behavior, specifically lewd or lascivious battery of a victim aged 12 to 16, according to jail records viewed by PEOPLE.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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The main target of their investigation was another resident of the house, whose name is redacted from the copy of the letter that was released to the Star-Telegram through an open records request.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2025
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All scripts submitted by partners will be read and reviewed by Academy members.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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For our other go-to lawn care tools and gadgets that made it into our frequent rotation, keep reading.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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