How to Use cross-check in a Sentence

cross-check

1 of 2 verb
  • Incredibly, nobody along the way cross-checked her blood type with that of the donor.
    — Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • This dataset gives a way to cross-check whether agents are targeting people with no criminal record.
    — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That meant poring over three sets of card catalogues, checking every name and cross-checking them with every grave site out in the yard.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Instead, King wants to cross-check voter data directly with other states.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Health care providers should also cross-check for cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure, among other measurements.
    — Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 5 July 2023
  • Several attendees told me that their names were not cross-checked against a master list, and no one checked their ID.
    — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t forget to always cross-check these prospects with their latest placement in Sam Vecenie’s mock draft.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • If your skin doesn’t react to your skincare or cosmetics, there’s generally little need to cross-check.
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Josh Norris is day-to-day after taking a cross-check to the ribs, so there’s a chance Helenius could draw into the lineup.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The city clerk’s office would conduct a series of annual cross-checks to ensure that a business currently owns property in the city.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 July 2023
  • Josh Norris left in the second period after taking a cross-check to the ribs from Nick Seeler.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • After a cross-check from Dahlin near the Sabres' net, Malkin slashed the defenseman and grabbed him before dropping his gloves to try and fight.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Hughes, who has never had a fighting major, got two-minutes for roughing and Aho got four minutes, the extra two because of a cross-check.
    — Tom Canavan, ajc, 8 May 2023
  • Nylander took a cross-check to his midsection from Sabres forward Jason Zucker.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Entries are added and verified through regular cross-checks to make the whole project trustworthy, a process incentivized with crypto token rewards.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
  • And all of that has to be remembered, cross-checked, and handled with absolute precision — while still serving hundreds of kids in a very short window where everything moves at full speed.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
  • Tempers flared between these division rivals with just over a minute left in the second as Verhaeghe took down Artem Zub with a cross-check from behind.
    — Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
  • And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers.
    — Aaron Kessler, oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • Researchers found that homeless liaisons often have to cross-check a patchwork of systems to confirm a student’s eligibility and status.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Benn was ejected in the early moments of Game 3 after a cross-check and subsequent hit to Vegas captain Mark Stone’s head.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
  • Tkachuk, who was sent to the penalty box earlier in the game for a late cross-check to Garnet Hathaway’s ribs, shoved Ullmark in a netfront battle, starting the fracas.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • These conversations also present an opportunity to cross-check information.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • After Hartman's high shove on Benn near the Minnesota net, the Stars forward gathered himself and responded with cross-checks to the back and then high around the neck/shoulder area.
    — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Benn was suspended after his cross-check and stick to the neck of Stone, who fell to the ice without his stick after the captains collided less than two minutes into Game 3 on Tuesday night.
    — Stephen Hawkins, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • With the Wild already on a power play late in the middle frame, Boldy was cross-checked in the face, giving Minnesota 72 seconds of 5-on-3 advantage.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In the second period, Bergeron absorbed a blatant cross-check from Lane Pederson, ruled a five-minute major, then reduced to a two-minute minor following a video review.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Their testimony was cross-checked, including by comparing multiple accounts about specific prisons and comparing accounts about different prisons to identify common practices.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • By cross-checking the filers' addresses with political attitudes in their home states, the researchers determined that listing the man first on a return was a strong indication that a couple held fairly conservative social and political beliefs.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • Google’s strength lies in letting users cross-check multiple sources, while ChatGPT’s accuracy depends heavily on the quality of the prompt and the user’s ability to recognize when a response should be verified elsewhere.
    — Deborah Lee, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025

cross-check

2 of 2 noun
  • This dataset gives a way to cross-check whether agents are targeting people with no criminal record.
    — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The death toll continues to rise as the group cross-checks information.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Gudbranson rose to his skates and gave Hartman a lumberjack cross-check into the back.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • MMeasuring both provides a crucial cross-check.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Kuraly quickly raised his Bauer stick vertically to stop the inbound cross-check.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Don’t forget to always cross-check these prospects with their latest placement in Sam Vecenie’s mock draft.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • If your skin doesn’t react to your skincare or cosmetics, there’s generally little need to cross-check.
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Josh Norris left in the second period after taking a cross-check to the ribs from Nick Seeler.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • After a cross-check from Dahlin near the Sabres' net, Malkin slashed the defenseman and grabbed him before dropping his gloves to try and fight.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The cross-check also raises potential privacy issues.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Nylander took a cross-check to his midsection from Sabres forward Jason Zucker.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Tempers flared between these division rivals with just over a minute left in the second as Verhaeghe took down Artem Zub with a cross-check from behind.
    — Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Researchers found that homeless liaisons often have to cross-check a patchwork of systems to confirm a student’s eligibility and status.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The on-ice officials penalized Benn for the cross-check, but also put Hartman in the penalty box for unsportsmanlike conduct.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Flock Safety, the manufacturer, says its cameras can collect and cross-check up to 30,000 license plates a day.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Malkin swung his stick and hit Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin in the neck in retaliation for cross-checks from Dahlin.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • As the name suggests, the process involves creating workflows that split code into smaller pieces, coordinating between various tools or models to cross-check results.
    — Hugh Son,samantha Subin, CNBC, 8 May 2026
  • Months ago, Peterson researched different top-10 lists of iconic jazz records to cross-check the Athenaeum collection with the records held in highest regard.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • After the penalty call, and a couple of seconds after play had been stopped, Morgan Geekie skated behind Clifton and leveled him with a cross-check, which ignited a small melee.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Chara thought nothing of cracking Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci or Brad Marchand in the back with a cross-check during net-front sessions.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • After Hartman's high shove on Benn near the Minnesota net, the Stars forward gathered himself and responded with cross-checks to the back and then high around the neck/shoulder area.
    — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Back in 2023, he was suspended during the playoffs for a vicious cross-check to the head of Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Gauthier, who leads the Pacific Division-leading Ducks with 38 goals and 65 points, suffered an upper-body injury on a cross-check late in the first and did not return.
    — CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Suzuki held onto the puck, absorbed a light cross-check from Lukas Sedlak, chipped it softly into the Czech zone and prepared himself to battle defenseman Filip Hronek for that puck.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In the newsgathering phase, sources gain in importance because journalists try to identify additional perspectives and cross-check previous information.
    — Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Blue Jackets defenseman Ivan Provorov, standing behind Hagel, took exception and gave Hagel a forceful cross-check in the back, sending him lunging forward and drawing both teams into a fracas in the corner of the ice.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Internal teams must onboard suppliers, chase down documentation, harmonize supplier data, verify origin coordinates and cross-check information against evolving regulatory requirements—all of which they may not be trained to handle.
    — Florent Bouguin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Fountain Life sells annual diagnostics-heavy memberships priced roughly $6,500 to $21,500 depending on tier, per a May 2026 cross-check of the company’s own pricing pages.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • Fountain Life sells annual diagnostics-heavy memberships priced roughly $6,500 to $21,500 depending on tier, per a May 2026 cross-check of the company’s own pricing pages.
    — Allison Palmer updated June 24, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • At the high end, Fountain Life prices its diagnostics-heavy membership between roughly $6,500 and $21,500 a year depending on tier, based on a May 2026 cross-check of the company’s own pricing pages.
    — Allison Palmer june 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026

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