as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords
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Recent Examples of canary
Now that the Supreme Court's unsigned order has allowed the purging to proceed, those advocates have implied that Virginia may very well be a canary in a coal mine, foreshadowing broader efforts aimed at undermining voting rights.
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The company's transparency report has a live warrant canary.
—PCMAG, 7 Oct. 2024
Just like canaries, neurodivergent and disabled employees feel productivity constraints in the workplace more intensely than other employees.
—Ludmila Praslova, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
These are the canaries in the coal mine for both parties, highly competitive races in states that report their votes early and quickly.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The company's transparency report has a live warrant canary.
—PCMAG, 7 Oct. 2024
Just like canaries, neurodivergent and disabled employees feel productivity constraints in the workplace more intensely than other employees.
—Ludmila Praslova, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
These are the canaries in the coal mine for both parties, highly competitive races in states that report their votes early and quickly.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for canary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canary
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Trump’s remarks follow last month’s inspector general report from the Biden Justice Department, which detailed the FBI’s use of confidential informants and prompted questions about their roles in the Jan. 6 protest.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
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On one occasion, authorities say, the informant handed over to the FBI a plastic foam cup containing a granular substance that tested positive for drugs.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
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Perhaps that would have caught the egregious rat genitalia figure, although as Ars Science Editor John Timmer pointed out at the time, the software has limitations.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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The team says, however, that part of their next steps will be to develop mobile goggles that can ride along on the heads of larger rodents like rats or tree shrews.Michael Franco, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Canary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canary. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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