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fact-checking

verb

present participle of fact-check

as in editing

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Meanwhile, Alexey Tsydenov, head of the neighboring Buryatia republic, publicly confirmed her death was linked to a plague infection before quietly editing his statement hours later to use more ambiguous phrasing.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
The Lenovo laptop is behind this pack of competitors at rendering scenes, converting videos, and editing graphic design files.

— Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026

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Insights like ours are revising researchers’ understanding of both the past and how people operate today, as inequality grows globally.

— Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
The possibility of revising Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which renounces war and prohibits a traditional standing army, is no longer taboo in Tokyo.

— David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of revising

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The latter returned attention to Burberry’s British identity, reworking the trench coat and check and reviving the Equestrian Knight Design.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Rocha developed Parker’s dress from an existing show piece, reworking its hand-laced, unraveling ribbons in a pale ballet pink intended as a nod to pointe shoes.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

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Clementine, the oldest daughter, takes control to help break out the other children, and Mary, in telling her story publicly, has agency in rectifying the familial curse.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Instead, the council majority voted to ban the use of firearms in the city, rectifying an apparent oversight in 2011 that removed the prohibition on shooting firearms from a list of weapons that were banned.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

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Much of that work involves collecting, annotating, and validating the data used to train machines to operate in the physical world.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Its specialized hardware-level matte finish diffuses ambient reflections and drastically filters blue light, delivering a true paper-like texture for reading e-books and annotating documents without visual fatigue.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026

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One is why anyone living a normal life needs a bot to perform such quotidian tasks as reading and writing emails, placing appointments on a calendar or calling a plumber.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Rivera said reading Against All Hope, Cuban political prisoner Armando Valladares’ memoir, while attending FIU persuaded him to abandon plans to become a sportswriter and devote his life to political and human-rights causes.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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Since late 2022, Burger King has embarked on a turnaround strategy focused on revamping its marketing, improving food quality and renovating restaurants.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
The change stems from when lawmakers passed a law during the 2026 legislative session revamping just the Ada County Highway District’s elections.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026

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