"fact-check" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76",
          "text": "There are the tiniest statements, such as claiming that Dartmouth is technically the only railway station in Britain never to have had a railway line, that need to be fact-checked (and in this case debunked - at least Hull Corporation Pier was similar).",
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        "(transitive) To verify the factuality of specific information."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fact check"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to verify the veracity of specific information",
          "word": "hihira meka"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to verify the veracity of specific information",
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          "word": "verificación de datos"
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        "To verify the factuality of specific information."
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        "(transitive) To verify the factuality of specific information."
      ],
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to verify the veracity of specific information",
      "word": "hihira meka"
    },
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      "sense": "to verify the veracity of specific information",
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      "word": "verificación de datos"
    }
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