fact-checking

present participle of fact-check

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checking
Verb
  • His private 90-minute lessons focus on using smartphones to their full potential, covering topics like framing fast-moving animals, using advanced camera settings, and editing photos with apps.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The videos were apparently chosen for their clear depictions of celebrity faces, and are intended for use in training video-generation and video face-editing models.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But others, like Baldwin, a distant cousin of Pauline’s, have already started revising history.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The jobs report from July shattered the narrative that the economy of 2025 was strong, revising previous figures downward and revealing something close to an 80% collapse in hiring, even as inflation crept upwards and layoffs rolled.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Under artistic director Camille Miceli, the brand emphasizes mixing and matching, reworking Pucci’s motifs and patchwork.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Season 1 exhausted the events of King's novel, even reworking material from its epilogue into the main action of the story, so now the team will chart a new path for these characters, which will involve expanding on elements from the novel.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This could include rectifying overdue child support payments, probation compliance, community testimony attesting to their good moral character, mentoring those with similar pasts, repayment of benefit overpayment or repayment of taxes.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Ultimately, DoBetterDNVR will lend greater legitimacy to its efforts by rectifying the deficiencies brought to light by Bradbury’s article.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An autonomous vehicle creates the maps while driving the test environment in favorable weather, with technologies automatically annotating features like traffic signs, trees and buildings.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2016
Verb
  • Keep reading for more Quince packing essentials from $40.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Another memorable station in my suspicious/contrarian reading life, but minus points for the nightmares.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • A little over the top, maybe, but full marks for acknowledging a mistake and correcting it quickly.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Their innovation was something called backpropagation, or backprop for short, which was a method for correcting the outputs of the middle, hidden layer of neurons during each training pass so that the network as a whole could learn efficiently.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The publication has updated its newsroom, revamping its digital product services and introducing a suite of digital products to consumers, including newsletters, podcasts, and original video content.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The change was part of a wider rebrand, which also includes the chain revamping its restaurants with a more modern design.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Fact-checking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checking. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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