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fact-check
[ fakt-chek ]
/ ˈfæktˌtʃɛk /
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verb (used with object)
to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.
noun
the action of confirming the truth of an assertion made in speech or writing: A fact-check of the senator’s speech revealed several misleading comments about his opponent.
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Origin of fact-check
First recorded in 1960–65
OTHER WORDS FROM fact-check
fact-checker, nounfact-checking, noun, adjectiveWords nearby fact-check
facsimile, facsimile catalog, facsimile machine, facsimile transmission, fact, fact-check, fact finder, fact-finding, factice, facticity, faction
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How to use fact-check in a sentence
We reported on some those concerns in great detail in a fact-check of statement from U.S. Rep Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.
I have no idea who is right, but I can't wait to see the fact check on this.
But his sloppy writing and failure to fact check what he wrote made us queasy.