cross-check
verb (used with object)
to determine the accuracy of (something) by checking it with various sources.
cross-checked
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past participleof cross-check.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cross-check.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cross-checkverb (used with object)to determine the accuracy of (something) by checking it with various sources.
Example Sentences
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So scientists anchor the world’s coordinates to far-off stillness: quasars, the luminous cores of galaxies billions of light-years away, observed nightly by radio telescopes across multiple continents and cross-checked with lasers bounced off satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
This calculation takes into account obituaries that cite 2025 as the year of death or burial, but we have not yet fully processed or cross-checked.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Those affected will be cross-checked against security services’ databases, to see whether they have previously been flagged as suspected Islamist extremists or for other radicalism, Nunez said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Traditional lidar measurements of atmospheric clouds are sometimes cross-checked and calibrated by flying an aircraft through clouds to capture droplet samples.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
“They say they’re sure. They’ve checked and cross-checked birth records. She was born on the same day, in the same hospital.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
