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
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 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
Mr Marks said the additional cross-checks against UK tax and payroll data were dropped after the pilot was extended, in order to "streamline the process".
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 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
We built relationships over years, not months, and cross-checked every claim across multiple actors and institutions.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
They cross-checked the faces and names of the men carefully logged by Dominique alongside facial recognition technology.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
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
The clerk told Roy to wait while he cross-checked the street location.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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
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
