fact-checked

past tense of fact-check

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checked
Verb
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • It was edited by a staff member.
    Staff reports, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The department revised lower its nonfarm payrolls data for the year through March 2025 by 911,000 jobs from initial estimates.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Last year, the federal jobs data was revised to show that 818,000 fewer jobs were created in the year ending in March 2024 than previously reported, which was at the time the biggest adjustment in over 10 years.
    Connor Greene, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The text of the Bill of Rights can be found below, annotated with relevant scholarship from JSTOR.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Once they’ve been admitted, users have access to profiles of men annotated with information such as background checks and dating reviews; men with shady dating histories are rated with red flags.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The pair have taken this conceit and reworked it to be about a football player who, after blowing his college career, dons a whole new disguise, that of Chad Powers, and tries to win it all back.
    Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And Canadian phone giant Telus in 2024 reworked its Stream+ bundle to package Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video in one offering for its mobile phone customers.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Parents paying is another venerable LA tradition, though one that is rectified with a chain of Venmos at a later date.
    Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The company has now rectified that with a new $200 Google Pixel 10 promotion.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Video refereeing was used 39 times on the first day of the season, with one red card being corrected and three goals disallowed for offside.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The court received a total of 28 victim impact statements, of which seven were read publicly at last month's hearings.
    Alasdair Pal, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Keep reading for all the sexiest styles from the 2025 VMAs.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Almost 30 of the verdict’s 314 pages were dedicated to assessments of the bets placed by individuals, with names and links to Paqueta redacted throughout to protect identities.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Liz gave another statement to deputies, though it is redacted in her arrest report.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Fact-checked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checked. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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