double-check
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It means bad AI output compounded by lazy humans who can’t be troubled to double-check.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
“We should double-check this one in six months on an ultrasound because of your extreme breast density and your family history,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Always double-check the latest guidance from the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
Sasha-Jay is urging people to "be cautious about who you interact with online", requesting users to keep profiles private, double-check accounts, report fake profiles immediately and protect personal information.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Lawrence had asked his childhood friend to double-check the Rad Lab’s results using the Carnegie’s accelerator, the only machine in the world that could approach the cyclotron’s energies.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Then he double-checks my claim, asking: “The court hadn’t said it in Students for Fair Admissions?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even though she has filters set up, Tabacnic always double-checks to make sure her matches are actually where the dating app says they are.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
And someone on a hydraulic lift double-checks each hanging fixture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
But he is keenly aware of what he spends, so he double-checks all the prices.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Then she double-checks the record on the spindle.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
If I hadn’t double-checked the tickets, we would have missed the 9:33 a.m. departure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
After hearing its predictions for the Sweet 16 round I double-checked the data.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
The film’s access coordinator Chantelle Nassari also equipped Bode with a fully accessible trailer, double-checked the day’s pathways and ensured the actor had what she needed to be able to perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Some circumstances require manual counts or double-checked tallies.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
She double-checked the radio station they were listening to—104.5—making sure it matched the numbers she’d written in her notebook.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
As a protector of Googoosh’s story, she recalls double-checking if the star really wanted to share some more revealing anecdotes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
A weekday morning on the South Side, kids waiting for the No. 3 King Drive bus to get to school, parents double-checking backpacks and lunch bags while helicopters churn the sky above.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2025
The state appears to have presented a figure without fully explaining its methodology or double-checking the information, said Becker, who is a former senior trial attorney in the voting section of the U.S.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
Twinning is a way of double-checking gold is present by drilling next to the place it has been found and taking rock samples.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
Kate stopped double-checking the things in her bucket and gave Reynie a searching look.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
