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Recent Examples of fact-check
Almost immediately, his critics—including many fellow-Republicans—began to call him on his lies and cruelties, and to fact-check his evidence.
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Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
So there’s a basic fact-check element that can be time consuming and occasionally confounding.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
And in a search context, placing AI content ahead of any other results elevates an undoubtedly less trustworthy secondary source over primary sources at a time when social platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter) are increasingly relying on users to fact-check misinformation.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
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Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
So there’s a basic fact-check element that can be time consuming and occasionally confounding.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
And in a search context, placing AI content ahead of any other results elevates an undoubtedly less trustworthy secondary source over primary sources at a time when social platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter) are increasingly relying on users to fact-check misinformation.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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Francis had previously revised and simplified the funeral rites that would be used upon his death, according to The Associated Press.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Many firms are revising their economic forecasts, including the possibility of a recession, as a result of Trump administration policies, according to a new survey by Chief Executive.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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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,
10 Apr. 2025
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Editor's note: Some responses have been edited for brevity and clarity.—
Laura Barrero,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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Each recorded call then had to be annotated with a horribly long list of contextual parameters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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Here is his 50-balls-in-play rolling exit velocity chart for last year, with the removal from that late-June game annotated.—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, China’s retaliatory tariffs are set to make components American drone makers rely on even more expensive; plans to redraft a new export system are already halting shipments of magnets, which are essential for drone motors.—
David Jeans,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 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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And just one week left to rectify the poor play that’s been on display to end the season.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2025
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The mistake was rectified in Catching Fire, with a new cat actor playing Buttercup in all his ginger glory.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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However, it was reworked entirely as a standalone series without connection to the Liev Schreiber-starrer.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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But as it was developed further, it was reworked into its own standalone story.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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Their specific actions are redacted in the warrant.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025
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The women’s names, other people’s names and several details were redacted in copies of the complaints reviewed by the Union-Tribune.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Way, who smiled as the initial $4 million verdict was read, was cleared on claims of false imprisonment and constructive discharge.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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As the verdict was read, Way looked straight ahead.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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