fact-checking

American  

[fakt-chek-ing] / ˈfæktˌtʃɛk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the work or task of a person who fact-checks; the task or process of verifying factual accuracy.

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adjective

1. used or engaged in carrying out fact-checks.

Example Sentences

Finally, I go one step further: I tell the fact-checking AI to give me a revised version of the research it checked, reflecting all the corrections it found.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

But that doesn’t make all the AI fact-checking pointless.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In interviews the report authors say this led them to be extra careful when it came to cross-referencing and fact-checking evidence they included.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

This might suggest that fact-checking efforts are paying off.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

“We stayed up all night, fact-checking and creating the layout for the flyer,” Vanessa continued.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya