fact-check

American  

[fakt-chek] / ˈfæktˌtʃɛk /

verb (used with object)

1. to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.

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noun

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• fact-checker
  noun
• fact-checking
  noun

Etymology

Origin of fact-check

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fact-check

I definitely need to fact-check that, but I don’t want to.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

There’s a huge advantage to being able to fact-check something by shouting down the hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

It also says Gibney refused to fact-check the film with the world's richest man or the people close to him.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

"We had to edit more, fact-check more because the data AI produced was inaccurate," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

I give it the first AI’s research memo and ask it to make a list of every single factual assertion, and then, to fact-check each claim several ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026