fact-checks

Definition of fact-checksnext
present tense third-person singular of fact-check
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Verb
  • Carroll, 29, of Denver is the founder and CEO of Wedding Weekender, a service that rents out camcorders to couples to capture their weddings and also edits footage into video clips for them.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Sharper rewrites and edits to plot points would have offered a more succinct narrative, allowing the comedic tone to shine through.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The ordinance, unanimously adopted by the City Council on March 17, clamps down on height exceptions for residential buildings and revises the process for considering high-volume drive-thru restaurants, to allow for more council oversight.
    Rose Evans April 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The bill also imposes new penalties on foreign interference with elections and revises the list of valid photo ID required at the polls or when voting-by-mail for the first time.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Several staples — including snack kiosks and merchandise locations — are being removed, disappearing from the park as Disney reworks the area, according to multiple reports.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The Getaway Platform Sandal reworks a classic flip-flop with a slight lift and fun color options, from metallics to bright pink.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • More detail about what was hit was not available because the Austin automaker redacts narratives in its public reports and did not respond to a request for comment.
    Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
  • For example, a 96-page police report on a Florida investigation into Epstein in the mid-2000s redacts the names of victims and other details, but leaves many other details in.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Last week, the Rays response reads, the county identified an additional $60 million shortfall based on the assumption that Community Investment Tax bonds would be taxable.
    Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Lily is the quickest to figure out the detective stories that George reads them every evening in the field, but otherwise smarts count for little in a quiet life of grazing and dozing.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This modest proposal rectifies that, but only financially.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Thankfully, Part 2 rectifies the issue by bringing forth the yearning, longing and desire between them that were sorely missing, and the couple’s relationship finally gets the lusty zeal fans have been waiting for.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This version corrects the name of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and corrects to say India is the world’s second-largest LPG importer.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Discover the altered gene, place healthy versions of the gene into innocuous viruses, give those to patients, hope that kickstarts the CFTR protein and corrects the problem.
    Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Fact-checks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checks. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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