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sanity check

noun/ˈsænɪti tʃɛk/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

A quick, rough verification that a result is plausible before trusting or acting on it.

Run a sanity check on that number; 200% conversion clearly means the tracking is double-firing.

Similar: gut check

Topic: Data & analytics in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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