vetted

American  

[vet-id] / ˈvɛt ɪd /

adjective

Informal.

1. verified or checked for accuracy, authenticity, suitability, etc..

   The website’s editorial process ensures professionally vetted and approved content.

   Refugees selected by the U.S. government for resettlement are the most thoroughly vetted people to come to the United States.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of vet.

Etymology

Origin of vetted

vet ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Quiroz said she is open to expanding the party, but that anybody who joins will have to be heavily vetted.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Department officials have defended the work of gang enforcement details, saying officers are carefully vetted and undergo extensive training.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

"You do not relocate vetted wartime allies, more than 400 of them children, from American custody into a country in the middle of its own collapse," he said in a statement.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Britons asked why this connection hadn’t been caught when Mr. Mandelson was vetted for that appointment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

There had been hundreds of CDO deals—400 billion dollars’ worth of the things had been created in just the past three years—and yet none, as far as they could tell, had been properly vetted.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis