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How to use the word double-check in a Sentence?

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AI can only fool the fool who wants to be fooled. While AI can help to create an expert persona, product and presence… those that vet, double check and look for substantiated proof will find out the truth or see red flags and issues revealing questionable AI use and abuse.

Loren Weisman

added by anonymous
4 months ago

When Grenfell happened we spoke to our local council just to double-check all the buildings in the town. We asked the management agent and freeholder [ the owner of the apartment building and land ] if they have any concerns. At that point, everyone was saying no, all these buildings are good.

Sophie Bichener

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That conversation came up a couple of times, we're doing this the same way they did it then, 30 years ago. You’ve got to double-check and you’ve got to make sure.

Ian Hudson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We'll double check things, we'll triple checks things, and we got a couple more samples we'll pull out of the chambers and inspect, but we'll be ready to go and make sure the crew is safe to return.

William Gerstenmaier

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These providers could face civil and criminal penalties, including fraud, that level of enforcement makes people double check who they are doing business with and if they should put it on the network.

Patrick Halley

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We benefit from more secure elections. We benefit from being able to double-check, i expect to be winning elections for the next 20 years and I don't want the Democrats to explain that every single one of those was stolen. So let's make it ironclad.

Grover Norquist

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Like many families, my wife and I faced fertility challenges, and I sought medical assistance, i specifically asked the doctor if the medication he prescribed for me would present a problem for NFL drug testing, and unfortunately, he incorrectly told me that it would not. I made the mistake of not calling the NFL or NFLPA to double-check before I took the medication at the end of last season.

Indianapolis Colts

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Whenever anything is sent out for translation, we always double-check it, it always needs to be correct. Always.

Doug Schultz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

These headlines... are written specifically to elicit an emotion. That's how the scammers make their money, they are not just written to inform. I keep telling people if you read a headline and( after reading it) you're ticked off and you're angry and you're frustrated, then double check that source because you need to know whether or not it's legitimate.

Brooke Binkowski

Found on CNN
7 years ago

She was even asked to double-check the computer's math on John Glenn's orbit around the earth. So if you think your job is pressure-packed, hers meant that forgetting to carry the one might send somebody floating off into the solar system.

President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I didn't even think twice about it. I just picked it up. Now I know I have to double check and make sure, i guess it's a lesson learned. From now on I just double check and look at them straight in the eye so I can confirm it.

Alison Lee

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Yesterday, after we received a question about regulations, I asked my staff to double check if there might be any codes or zoning rules concerning personal trailers, we found that the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission rules prohibits living in trailers, even temporarily, on state property.

Christina Fallin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Be positive in addressing the envelope to your future, For enclosed are your efforts from the past. Be certain of the postage and double check what class.

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added by anonymous
14 years ago

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