as in warning
the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk
heeded the forewarning to stay off the ice until the town had checked to see if it was thick enough
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as in alerting
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Pleasant ultimately put the blame on city officials, saying the business lost around $2,000 thanks to a lack of forewarning.
—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
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The White House and Pentagon were quick on Friday, shortly after the strike, to say publicly that Israel offered it no forewarning of the operation.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Pleasant ultimately put the blame on city officials, saying the business lost around $2,000 thanks to a lack of forewarning.
—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
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“Forewarning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forewarning. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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