forewarning
noun
fore·warn·ing
fȯr-ˈwȯr-niŋ 
1
: a warning given in advance
2
: the state of being warned in advance
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Examples of forewarning in a Sentence
heeded the forewarning to stay off the ice until the town had checked to see if it was thick enough
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Pleasant ultimately put the blame on city officials, saying the business lost around $2,000 thanks to a lack of forewarning.
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
The Sahm Rule can be helpful as a potential forewarning of a recession before it's called by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the organization that makes the official designation of when the U.S. has entered or leaves a recessionary period, Daco noted.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2024
Blinken said Wednesday that the Biden administration had received no forewarning of the Haniyeh attack.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
There are going to be a lot of questions about whether there was, as Pierre pointed out, whether there was any type of forewarning of this attack.
—ABC News, 14 July 2024
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
The Sahm Rule can be helpful as a potential forewarning of a recession before it's called by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the organization that makes the official designation of when the U.S. has entered or leaves a recessionary period, Daco noted.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2024
Blinken said Wednesday that the Biden administration had received no forewarning of the Haniyeh attack.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
There are going to be a lot of questions about whether there was, as Pierre pointed out, whether there was any type of forewarning of this attack.
—ABC News, 14 July 2024
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“Forewarning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forewarning. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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