cross-check

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Last year Michigan Secretary of StateJocelyn Benson’s office said it had done a cross-check of the state’s voter rolls against driving records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Moreover, quasi-redundancies can be a good thing in enabling agencies to cross-check their findings, says Tani Fukui, senior director of global economics & market strategy at MetLife Investment Management.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

The effort seemed cobbled together by someone who typed “sanctuary” and a city’s name into Google and swallowed whatever the AI spat up without even bothering to cross-check with Wikipedia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

Biometric fingerprinting kits are set to be given to those on the frontline, which the government says will enable immigration enforcement officers to cross-check detained individuals against police databases "on the spot".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

We used to time our emissaries to their return and cross-check them where their wanderings intersected those of others—all were supposed to be trackers and one or two knew something about it.

From Pan-Islam by Bury, G. Wyman (George Wyman)