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  1. Vetting

    Vetting is the process of performing a background check on someone before offering them employment, conferring an award, or doing fact-checking prior to making any decision. In addition, in intelligence gathering, assets are vetted to determine their usefulness.

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  1. vetting

    Vetting is the process of thoroughly examining, evaluating, and judging something or someone for their suitability, credibility, reliability, or trustworthiness. It involves conducting background checks, reviewing qualifications, conducting interviews, verifying information, and performing various assessments to assess the competence, integrity, and suitability of individuals, organizations, or ideas before making a decision or forming an opinion about them. Vetting is commonly used in contexts such as hiring employees, screening applicants, investigating potential partners or vendors, reviewing documents, or assessing the accuracy and authenticity of information.

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  1. Vetting

    Vetting is the process of performing a background check on someone before offering them employment, conferring an award, etc. A prospective person or project may be vetted before making a hiring decision. In addition, in intelligence gathering, assets are vetted to determine their usefulness.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. vetting

    A part of target development that assesses the accuracy of the supporting intelligence to targeting.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vetting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vetting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of vetting in a Sentence

  1. Bobby Jindal:

    We should not short-circuit the vetting process -- we've got a normal vetting process. Simply allowing more people into our country doesn't solve this problem.

  2. Lisa Snell:

    As long as they receive the same vetting as other candidates, there is no reason to exclude them from teaching.

  3. Andrew Finn:

    There is no way you can make it totally secure, you always have to think about the terrorist threat, although the vetting process for refugees into Canada is quite thorough.

  4. Michael Moore:

    Congress shall have a well-regulated system for the extremely limited ownership of firearms and weapons, and they will make laws regarding ammunition, capacity, storage, locks, registration, the vetting of the owner, strict minimum-age requirements, all of which are necessary to the security of a free state and the right of the people to be kept safe from gun violence, the people’s right to not be shot, or threatened, by those who bear arms shall not be infringed.

  5. Ira Mehlman:

    It’s a huge danger. The numbers make it difficult to do the kinds of vetting that’s necessary and just the circumstances in Islamic State-occupied Syria and other countries, it’s impossible to do the big checks necessary, all while we have ISIS and other groups telling us they intend to infiltrate operatives through the refugee process.

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  • Gary Novotny
    Gary Novotny
    A word used by the the British since at least the beginning of WW2 (closely verifying an individuals background), that has made it's way into the American english language (same meaning) within the last few years. 
    LikeReply7 years ago

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