Fact-checking

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts. uncountable

    "However, I'm hopeful that the constant and diligent fact-checking that the Brown Bob team pursued throughout the production has done the trick for The Architecture The Railways Built."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of fact-check form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"When will the New York Times start fact-checking its own Opinion section?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From fact + checking.

Etymology 2

From fact-check (verb) + -ing.

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