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Related article Meta is getting rid of fact checkers.
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
From there, countless talented folks finalized these pages, from design, to fact checkers to copy editors to our production team.
—Caroline Newton, Bon Appétit, 7 Mar. 2025
McConnell’s recent years, however, have been checkered by medical issues, including multiple freezes in front of reporters ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and multiple falls.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 20 Feb. 2025
Domingo began the 2025 awards season in a custom Valentino suit with a playful touch of polka dots and a black and white checkered bow.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
From there, countless talented folks finalized these pages, from design, to fact checkers to copy editors to our production team.
—Caroline Newton, Bon Appétit, 7 Mar. 2025
McConnell’s recent years, however, have been checkered by medical issues, including multiple freezes in front of reporters ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and multiple falls.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 20 Feb. 2025
Domingo began the 2025 awards season in a custom Valentino suit with a playful touch of polka dots and a black and white checkered bow.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for checker
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Williams added a pretty pastel bathroom, perfect for a midday sob, printed on a T-shirt and floral patterned Korean toilet paper inspired miniskirts and cool slouchy dresses.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
28 Mar. 2025
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On the Golden Girls front, Bomer’s Jerry is very obviously patterned after Betty White’s Rose, substituting LDS memories for stories about St. Olaf.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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Remarkably, Gout finished more than two seconds ahead of the competition in the men’s under-20 200m final, streaking away from the field on the home straight.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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Read more space news from the USA TODAY Network: Watch video of the 400-foot spacecraft's remains streaking through the sky.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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While the Bengal tiger is by far the most famous resident of the park, a typical expedition also offers the opportunity to spot sambar deer, striped hyenas and sloth bears—and there’s no shortage of eye-catching birds that call the park home as well.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The blue, green and white striped tie was held together by staples by the end of the bruising 2020 campaign.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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The country is flecked with teams who have late-blooming point guards or undersized small forwards who couldn’t play at Duke or Kansas but have grown into skilled college players.—
Christian Schneider,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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Shilpa lovingly stroked cloth flecked with gold that clocked in at 380 euros a meter, and visualized the shawl that could be made from it.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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This ham is spiraled and salty, with lots of yummy marbling around the sides.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2024
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There’s a nice mix of experience and youth marbled through the lineup, with Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers leading the offence.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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The 656-foot vessel, called the Golden Ray, has been lying since early September off a slice of the Georgia coast specked with resorts and sprawling high-dollar homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Nov. 2019
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Now, their territory has fewer than 1,000 residents and consists of about 7,300 acres, with roads wandering through woods specked with modest family homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2018
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Thick cut cucumbers are speckled with yukari salt, which is made up of red shiso leaves and has hints of herbs like basil and mint and a subtle cinnamonlike taste.—
Kaitlyn Rosati,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The blue is speckled with some white flecks, which reminds me of blue enamelware pots and pans for a down-home aesthetic.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some are near-alabaster or silvery, others the darkest of greens, and there are variegated choices, striped or mottled in gold or white or silver.—
Margaret Roach,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The soil was mottled with sheep droppings and uneven patches of grass.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Checker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checker. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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