fact-checking

verb

present participle of fact-check
as in editing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-checking
  1. editing
  2. revising
  3. reworking
  4. rectifying
  5. annotating
  6. reading
  7. correcting
  8. revamping
Verb
  • The cinematography is by Camilla Cattabriga, with editing by Marco Costa.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The default image editing tool is fine but basic, with cropping and resizing options.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of editing
Verb
  • The anniversary coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ’s government revising the country's defense policy to further bolster the military's offensive capability.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The leading seasonal hurricane forecaster, Phil Klotzbach at Colorado State University, has steadily been revising his outlook downward.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of revising
Verb
  • If those three are clear, teams spend less time reworking pipelines and more time improving decisions.
    — Jagadish Gokavarapu, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The redesign also tackled some of the home’s quirkier elements, including low ceilings and uneven floors, while reworking the layout for modern living.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 June 2026
Definition of reworking
Verb
  • Instead, the council majority voted to ban the use of firearms in the city, rectifying an apparent oversight in 2011 that removed the prohibition on shooting firearms from a list of weapons that were banned.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The populace can only deduce that either Putin is responsible or the elites around him are insulating him from realizing and rectifying the situation.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of rectifying
Verb
  • Over the past several months, startups have stepped in to supply that demand by collecting and annotating videos from thousands of contract workers around the world.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of annotating
Verb
  • Add a table lamp, a vase of fresh flowers, and a saucer plate that matches your favorite coffee mug to sip your morning brew or a cup of hot tea for reading on weekend afternoons.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Most of my feminist education at the beginning was just reading literature by smart women.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of reading
Verb
  • Sentry’s team helps pinpoint answers to these concerns, such as assisting hospitality companies in identifying and correcting likely sources of slip-and-fall incidents.
    — Sentry Insurance, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The county executive’s chartered responsibilities include overseeing the county’s municipal departments, correcting errors in tax assessments, executing certain contracts, upholding the county charter and representing the county in general.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of correcting
Verb
  • Now’s the time to get ahead of the seasonal shift with transitional bedding, and Quince has a lineup of layerable quilt sets that make revamping my linens easy.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In revamping the show, the biggest change came in adding new characters to fill out the women’s team.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of revamping
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“Fact-checking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-checking. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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