Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checking
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Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026 -
Keep it light and clever, yet commit to a piece long enough to actually wrap it, whether that means editing your podcast or rehearsing your lines once.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Ares Management — Shares rose more than 3% despite the company revising down its first quarter net performance income guidance on Tuesday.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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Some of the new council members plan to keep up the momentum for change, in part by revising city rules to give residents a vote on public-land projects.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Much of the redesign focused on reworking the home’s layout to better suit modern living, particularly on the main level.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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For his debut, Bellotti laid a chic foundation—reworking the house’s signature double-faced coats in ultra-fine leather and introducing tailoring accented with sleek, unexpected cutouts at the hip.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2026
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To do so was to send $80 million back to California coffers, rectifying a mistake made by the state controller’s office that mixed up the monthly K-12 education payments sent to 11 counties.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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The complaints were communicated to upper management, including Matkom, who took several steps towards rectifying the problems in the building.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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The software covers standard PDF tasks like editing text, inserting images, annotating documents, and merging or splitting files.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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After compiling and annotating my own list of the 100 best movies of the past century—broken down by decade, 10 pictures in each—I’m here to reassure you that there’s no such thing as the wrong taste.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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After reading the blow-by-blow account spelled out in those texts, on October 16, 2023, investigators took action.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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A student who had asked AI for a chapter summary instead of reading the chapter might get the broad strokes, but there is a strong chance that the one specific detail the quiz will ask about did not make it into the summary, Buck said.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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The resulting management overhead — spending elite engineering time correcting outputs and paying the high token costs of ungrounded prompts — eventually outweighs the initial speed of creation.—
Mohith Shrivastava,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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This suggests the players were continuously correcting their movements mid-execution.—
David Van den Heever,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
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Cabott suggests brushing with Sheila Stotts brushes, which are her favorite, and concludes that the combination of revamping your hair care routine products and tools is a great way to ensure healthy hair sans split ends.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
23 Mar. 2026
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The judge ruled Kennedy likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee and slimming down the childhood vaccine schedule without the committee's input.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Fact-checking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checking. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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