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Recent Examples of fact-check
Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Almost immediately, his critics—including many fellow-Republicans—began to call him on his lies and cruelties, and to fact-check his evidence.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Under-resourced newsrooms, for example, require journalists to not only report and write, but also fact-check, monitor trends, and maintain a personal brand across multiple platforms.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
Right before Trump returned to office in January, Meta stopped those efforts, dismantling its fact-checking system, content moderation policies and DEI programs—moves that were widely seen as a capitulation to the new administration.
—Phil Singer, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Almost immediately, his critics—including many fellow-Republicans—began to call him on his lies and cruelties, and to fact-check his evidence.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Under-resourced newsrooms, for example, require journalists to not only report and write, but also fact-check, monitor trends, and maintain a personal brand across multiple platforms.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
Right before Trump returned to office in January, Meta stopped those efforts, dismantling its fact-checking system, content moderation policies and DEI programs—moves that were widely seen as a capitulation to the new administration.
—Phil Singer, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to curtail a lower court’s ability to issue a national injunction, hatching a novel legal strategy in its bid to radically revise a bedrock American principle: birthright citizenship.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes and,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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Consider postponing important launches to a later date and instead use the time to revise existing projects.—
Danijela Pilic,
Glamour,
13 Mar. 2025
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Note: Some letters have been lightly edited for brevity or clarity.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the making of the film, what was initially planned as a five-month shoot stretched over a year, leaving Coppola to edit over a million feet of film, and was plagued by disaster after disaster.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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In a case study by MIT Technology Review, a major financial services company achieved a 20% productivity boost in customer support by first standardizing and annotating its datasets before deploying a GenAI tool.—
Betsy Reed,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Bar menus in every major American city were annotated with craft mocktails spiked with adaptogens, and YouTube swamis like Andrew Huberman were proclaiming that alcohol was a poison that hampered cognitive performance.—
Barrett Swanson,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The Republicans cited other federal criminal conspiracy and money laundering laws and asked the department to rescind or redraft the memo.—
Samantha Putterman,
Austin American-Statesman,
31 Aug. 2024
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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
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Cadden warned that owners could fight back by recalling board members or voting in new members who would refuse to rectify the long-term repair issues.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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Duquette, who has lived in the Bay for over 20 years, met Ghazi in 2023 and found a kindred spirit determined to rectify the negative perceptions held by outsiders.—
Dan Rys,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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The band remix opens at No. 21, followed closely by the Johnny Gold reworking at No. 22, and the instrumental version at No. 23.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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To create 9,700 new homes including 2,900 that are earmarked as income-restricted, the zoning would be reworked to allow for commercial, manufacturing and residential uses that are largely not allowed now.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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Alarmingly, the administration chose not to redact the personal information, including Social Security numbers and other personal details, of hundreds of individuals, many of whom are still active in the workforce.—
Alexis Coe,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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On Sunday night, as Hell Week began, our class leader read the full speech aloud—his way of aligning and inspiring us for the grueling days ahead.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Keep reading to shop the best outdoor deals starting at $16.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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