fact checker

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fact checker

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From fact check (verb) + -er.

noun fact checkers · fact-checker

One who fact checks. If the intelligentsia wouldn’t lionize [Naomi] Wolf, then the Bannonite right would: She could enter a world where mistakes don’t matter, no one feels shame, and fact-checkers are derided as finger-wagging elitists.

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noun one who fact checks

Español	verificador, verificadora
Deutsch	Faktenprüfer, Faktenprüferin, Faktenchecker, Faktencheckerin

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"fact checker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fact%20checker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fact checker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fact%20checker

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"fact checker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fact%20checker.

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@misc{fact_checker_2026,
  title = {fact checker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fact%20checker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}