check·ers
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Definition of checkers
: a checkerboard game for 2 players each with 12 pieces
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The company hopes to use human fact checkers to train AI to do the process in the future, but those solutions are still a long way off. — Alex Baker-whitcomb, WIRED, "A Heroic Plane Landing, Instagram's New Fact Checkers, and More News," 16 Aug. 2019 Our team of fact-checkers was on the case during the Mueller hearing. — NBC News, "Six takeaways from Mueller's day before Congress," 25 July 2019 Partnerships with fact checkers allowed trusted sources to evaluate whether news stories were false, and down-rank them accordingly. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Facebook beats Twitter at fighting fake news, a new study found," 15 Sep. 2018 Getting media fact-checkers to adopt their preferred framing — tax increases! — Dylan Scott, Vox, "The revealing Medicare-for-all fact-check debate roiling the internet, explained," 23 Aug. 2018 Next up, Senator Kamala Harris is being slammed by fact-checkers for posting a misleading video of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. — Fox News, "Nation marks 17 years since attacks of Sept. 11," 12 Sep. 2018 In the aftermath, the company announced changes, including working with independent fact-checkers and starting a news literacy campaign to help people spot disinformation. — Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, "Facebook Tried to Rein In Fake Ads. It Fell Short in a California Race.," 3 June 2018 Two of the stories were caught by Facebook and third-party fact-checkers, but the last story was completely missed. — Julia Alexander, The Verge, "Facebook introduces ‘Hunt for False News’ series in attempt to be transparent about misinformation," 19 Oct. 2018 The story would then be checked by professional fact-checkers and, if deemed fake, would be flagged as such. — Anna Momigliano, Washington Post, "In Italy, Facebook will have fact checkers ‘hunting’ for fake news for the first time," 2 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'checkers.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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checkers
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English Language Learners Definition of checkers
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: a game played on a board (called a checkerboard) by two players who each have 12 round pieces called checkers
checkers
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check·ers
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Kids Definition of checkers
: a game played on a checkerboard by two players each having twelve pieces
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