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as in caution
the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk
she delivered a strict warning that anyone who was caught stealing would be fired
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as in sign
something that tells of approaching danger or risk
the ominously darkening sky was a warning that a tornado was approaching
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as in cautionary
serving as or offering a warning
usually gave her trademark warning look when the children were getting out of hand
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as in alerting
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
the lifeguard warned the boys that if they continued playing so rough, someone was sure to get hurt
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Recent Examples of warning
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Wildfire evacuations in Southern California Evacuation orders or warnings were issued for tens of thousands of residents near the major fires in the region.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
Scott Sonner, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
In response, statistical authorities around the world could do little but issue warning press releases.
—Andrew Whitby, Time, 17 Apr. 2020
Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Even the mainstream media is warning users away from RCS, leaving Google with some thinking to do.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Many families in that area were affected by evacuation warnings and power outages.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Wildfire evacuations in Southern California Evacuation orders or warnings were issued for tens of thousands of residents near the major fires in the region.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
The bureau also will post more warning notices at 750 livestock sale facilities and review other potential changes to federal regulations.
—Scott Sonner, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
In response, statistical authorities around the world could do little but issue warning press releases.
—Andrew Whitby, Time, 17 Apr. 2020
Verb
Your local television forecast, weather App, and warning information depends on government satellites, radars, models, observations, and personnel.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Even the mainstream media is warning users away from RCS, leaving Google with some thinking to do.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warning
Noun
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Small craft should also exercise caution in Atlantic waters.—
Garfield Hylton,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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The big new corporate bet: Bitcoin Corporate treasury departments are usually bastions of caution, preferring to invest their companies’ money in stable assets like Treasury bonds.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In a sign that demand for high-end listings will quickly outpace supply, Eckardt hosted showings on Thursday for four rental properties.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2025
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Weather reports have shown no signs of rain that might help relieve the intensity of the fires.—
James Bickerton,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In this sense, the forewarning given by analysts back in the summer has been validated—that protesting locals and increased difficulty in traveling to European destinations would make American travelers think twice about heading on European cruises and vacations.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
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The wonderfully random explosions of spontaneous noise, all of it free of forewarning.—
Brendan Quinn,
The Athletic,
14 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Tran then ran a red light and fled home to Yonkers.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The new Republican governor, George Voinovich, was a devout Catholic who went to Mass multiple times a week, an expression of a faith that was inherited from his Slovenian American mother and deepened by the loss of his nine-year-old daughter, who was struck by a van that ran a red light.—
Alec MacGillis,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged.—
John Liu,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2023
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Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2022
Verb
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On social media, the department has avoided mentioning flu shots in posts about the flu, instead advising people to wash their hands and cover their coughs.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Dec. 2024
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Universities in general are taking a cautious approach, stopping short of predicting a ban, but advising international students to plan ahead and prepare for potential delays at immigration control.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In December, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued an animal health alert that several indoor-only cats had died after consumption of raw pet foods and counseling veterinarians to ask owners about feeding raw products to their pets.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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But for many, the false evacuation alerts continued, buzzing their phones overnight and into the next day.—
Colleen Hagerty,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2025
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But on Monday, the NBA resumes play in Los Angeles while a red flag warning is in place for parts of the city and county, with wind gusts of up to 70 mph forecast between 4 a.m. Tuesday and noon Wednesday.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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Inconsistencies or sudden shifts in accounting methods can raise red flags for investors and regulators.—
Ivan Lunegov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Warning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warning. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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