cross-check
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This layered approach allows researchers to cross-check results in multiple ways.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026
Platforms like GoodRx provide a vital cross-check, listing similar coupons alongside separate pharmacy discounts that can sometimes beat federal rates.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
It enhances my judgment, enabling me to cross-check analysis and accelerate tasks that once took days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
"We will cross-check the data with the babies who departed, so we know exactly who departed, who accompanied them, when they departed, and who the adopters there are," Surawan told reporters.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
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 G. Wyman (George Wyman) Bury
AI-powered software then combines and cross-checks data to provide an accurate location.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Further investigations and cross-checks led to the arrest of a fourth, suspected of having parked the truck under the museum gallery, said Beccuau.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
It takes detailed information and cross-checks this with sources it can access, such as hospital lists and names of returned detainees.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
She says the interviews and cross-checks of birth certificates with other life documents are effective at catching potential inconsistencies.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
On symbolic model, this problem does not occur, due to multiple cross-checks between elements and relations.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa
So scientists anchor the world’s coordinates to far-off stillness: quasars, the luminous cores of galaxies billions of light-years away, observed nightly by radio telescopes across multiple continents and cross-checked with lasers bounced off satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
After examining social media accounts and online activity to establish each person's identity and involvement in the protests, the BBC team cross-checked the circumstances around their deaths against open-source data from inside Iran.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
We built relationships over years, not months, and cross-checked every claim across multiple actors and institutions.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
The charging major assessed on Gourde at the time came moments after he’d been cross-checked from behind by Oilers superstar Connor McDavid without a penalty being called.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
The clerk told Roy to wait while he cross-checked the street location.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
When there is a match, they compare the person to information they scraped from social media, using reverse image searching and cross-checking public profiles.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
The review process requires careful research and cross-checking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
For investigators, what once required weeks of cross-checking siloed systems can now be done in hours or less.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2025
Winger Evander Kane, who was making his season debut for the Oilers, was on the ice just 95 seconds before drawing a cross-checking penalty, giving the Kings the man advantage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
Many thanks to Kensington Library, London, for allowing the use of their copy in cross-checking the transcription.
From A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies by John Hoyland
