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cross-check

[kraws-chek, kros-, kraws-chek, -chek, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˈtʃɛk, ˈkrɒs-, ˈkrɔsˌtʃɛk, -ˈtʃɛk, ˈkrɒs- /


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The scheme, coordinated by the Cabinet Office's fraud team, external, allows councils to cross-check social housing records against Airbnb listings in an effort to tackle what the government calls "social housing fraud."

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

One way to cross-check is to look at raw or unadjusted new claims in the same week one year earlier.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

This layered approach allows researchers to cross-check results in multiple ways.

From Science Daily Apr. 12, 2026

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

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

Ana's account, corroborated by documents reviewed by the BBC and cross-checked against US Department of Justice records, shows how Brunel helped to arrange US visas for Brazilians.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

We built relationships over years, not months, and cross-checked every claim across multiple actors and institutions.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2025

Those affected will be cross-checked against security services’ databases, to see whether they have previously been flagged as suspected Islamist extremists or for other radicalism, Nunez said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2024

“They say they’re sure. They’ve checked and cross-checked birth records. She was born on the same day, in the same hospital.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

It will also be worth cross-checking what we hear from the prime minister on Monday afternoon with what has already been published about the appointment of Lord Mandelson.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

Skinner said his organization also imposes internal restrictions: vetting the volunteers, cross-checking submissions, avoiding posting the home addresses of identified agents, removing nurses from the database, and excluding social media platforms that feature kids.

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

Only careful cross-checking would reveal whether the individual was speaking of the 1860's or the 1890's.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Robert F. Murphy




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