Example Sentences

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Holmes was vetting investors at the same time as investors were vetting her, and the family didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to throw their money into the pot.

From The Verge • Oct. 26, 2021

The authorities said Monday that they were vetting new information every hour and that an A.T.F. crane had arrived at one of the churches to help process the scene.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2019

In recent months, Kathryn Zaleski, an entrepreneur in New York, has been contacted by two powerful institutional investors, Invesco and Cambridge Associates, that were vetting male venture capitalists whom they were considering funding.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2018

If you really were vetting, I don't know that you'd buy into any current athlete.

From Newsweek • Dec. 16, 2009