1
a
: having information
informed sources
informed observers
b
: based on possession of information
an informed opinion
2
: educated, knowledgeable
what the informed person should know
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Informed sources told us of the new policy.
We need to spend more time researching our options so that we can make an informed choice.
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Carine Harb, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Our mission is to provide clear, accessible journalism that empowers you to stay informed and engaged in shaping our world.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
In this environment, human choice, with the corresponding ethical judgment, is more of a rubber stamp than an informed decision: the operator already trusts the sensors that gathered the data and the systems that analyzed it and designated the targets.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
Blood Struggle by Charles Wilkinson Amazon | Bookshop This book provides an incredibly informed legal history of contemporary Native America after the Second World War and the rise of Native American activism in the nineteen-sixties and seventies.
—The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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informed
adjective
in·formed
in-ˈfȯ(ə)rmd 
: having or based on information
informed sources
an informed decision
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