fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
Continue reading … 'TOO LIBERAL’ – Senate Leadership Fund, Ohio NBC affiliate spar over Sen. Sherrod Brown fact-check.
—Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
Google, for instance, now offers several tools that can help identify the provenance of photos and fact-check disinformation.
—Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
As the site explains: The net benefits of EVs have been frequently fact-checked, including by NPR.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
Continue reading … 'TOO LIBERAL’ – Senate Leadership Fund, Ohio NBC affiliate spar over Sen. Sherrod Brown fact-check.
—Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
Google, for instance, now offers several tools that can help identify the provenance of photos and fact-check disinformation.
—Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
As the site explains: The net benefits of EVs have been frequently fact-checked, including by NPR.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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