cross-check

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verb

ˈkrȯs-ˌchek 

cross-checked; cross-checking; cross-checks

transitive verb

1

: to obstruct in ice hockey or lacrosse by thrusting one's stick held in both hands across an opponent's face or body

2

: to check (something, such as data or reports) from various angles or sources to determine validity or accuracy

cross-check

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noun

: an act or instance of cross-checking

Examples of cross-check in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

When researchers cross-checked their findings with an American data set of 220,000 people from 1949 to 2019, their results replicated. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025

Additionally, Hartman has also been fined seven times — the last being a cross-check into the teeth of the Jets’ Cole Perfetti off a faceoff last season in retaliation for Brendan Dillon cross-checking and hurting Kirill Kaprizov a game earlier. —Joe Smith, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025

Noun

The company, however, declined to implement such recommendations as publicly marking the pages of state actors and political candidates, business partners, media actors and other public figures included in the cross-check program. —Clare Duffy, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023

Dylan Larkin avoids suspension, but fined $5,000 for cross-check Raymond hasn't played since suffering a lower-body injury in a collision with teammate Ben Chiarot on Feb. 10. —Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1937, in the meaning defined above