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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. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

    We are looking for ways to streamline our train and equip program's vetting process to get more recruits into the training pipeline, we are also refining our curriculum, expanding our outreach to the moderate opposition, and incorporating lessons learned from the first training class.

  2. Claude Arnold:

    Our intelligence from Iraq is much greater than in Syria because we had a military presence there for so long, we had biometrics, fingerprints, and documentary evidence to identify bad actors. But cases like these show this vetting process is not foolproof.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I think the rhetoric is disappointing because first of all, statistically, the dangers of allowing a reasonable number of refugees to come into the United States are extraordinarily low, the vetting of refugees is quite thorough -- more thorough than almost any other category of people that come into the United States.

  4. Robert Charles:

    That means you’ve got 73,000-plus that you really should have been vetting and that takes time.

  5. Hillary Clinton:

    Terrorists have once again struck at the heart of Europe, but their campaign of hate and fear will not succeed, today's attacks will only strengthen our resolve to stand together as allies and defeat terrorism and radical jihadism around the world. GOP candidate Texas Sen. Ted Cruz essentially called for a pause on immigration until the United States improves its vetting process to keep out terrorists.

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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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