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as in notification
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as in lying
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as in talking
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
the police only caught the mastermind of the burglary because his disgruntled partner informed
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as in telling
to give information to
chose teaching as a career because it affords the opportunity to inform a whole generation of young minds
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Recent Examples of informing
Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Copyright in particular is an issue that has plagued AI developers, as many continue to train their models on human work without informing the original creators, obtaining consent or providing compensation.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
And senior current and former government officials as well as researchers worry that more serious threats are on the horizon, including to critical information that is key to informing tax policy.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Khalil was taken to the center from New York without informing his wife or lawyers after he was detained on Saturday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Rhodes opened Monday's Raw by informing the audience that John Cena would not be present.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The situation culminated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informing agency heads on Monday that compliance with Musk's directive was voluntary.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones wrote on social media of the difficulty of informing Shields' family of his death.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
Agency employees received an email this week informing them that they are placed on administrative leave, until further notice.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Copyright in particular is an issue that has plagued AI developers, as many continue to train their models on human work without informing the original creators, obtaining consent or providing compensation.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
And senior current and former government officials as well as researchers worry that more serious threats are on the horizon, including to critical information that is key to informing tax policy.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Khalil was taken to the center from New York without informing his wife or lawyers after he was detained on Saturday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Rhodes opened Monday's Raw by informing the audience that John Cena would not be present.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The situation culminated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informing agency heads on Monday that compliance with Musk's directive was voluntary.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones wrote on social media of the difficulty of informing Shields' family of his death.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informing
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Dealers are to update the security gateway module software for free and notification letters are expected to be mailed June 19.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Historical energy usage reports, shutdown notifications, temperature notifications, and low battery alerts are missing.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2025
Verb
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The dream part of it, for him, was the chance to spend 100 minutes talking not very much about his passion project itself, but rather using it as a springboard for an infinitely widespread discussion about about political, economic and social ideals.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2025
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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By some accounts, this Santa Tracker initiative kicked off by complete accident in 1955, when a Colorado Springs Sears printed a newspaper announcement telling children to call a certain phone number to chat with Santa.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, many in the United States may even question whether CENTCOM is telling the truth.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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More than £46 billion in loans had been disbursed by various lenders through the scheme, according to the Department for Business and Trade, but the agency also admitted there had been more than 100,000 cases of loss due to fraud and error.—
Robert Olsen,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Instead of addressing waste and fraud and providing adults with a path to productive and independent lives through meaningful work, the Pritzker administration attacks these reform efforts.—
Regan Deering,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Palace put a message out on their social media page advising the issue had been fixed around 35 minutes after tickets went on sale.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Despite this being the lowest classification, health officials are still advising consumers to take precautions.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Plus, the live-action shots and remarkable CGI trickery in bringing the Lupo creature to life are seamlessly integrated.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 May 2025
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After Susy died suddenly in 1896, Twain wrote an essay, quoted at length by Chernow, about the sick trickery of the Almighty.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
Verb
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The next year, Martin was accused of instructing staffers to regularly delete their emails to prevent them from becoming available to the media or public under the state’s Sunshine Law.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
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Whitfield doubles down on his previous orders, instructing the former sheepherder to murder all the Duttons and dump their bodies in the lawless border town.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But these seductions or deceptions are canceled when the work confronts us with the photographic records of the performative procedure itself—and not only by making the photograph an integral component, the dialectical complement to the material sculptural production.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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He’s got some deception on the puck and does a good job holding onto it to wait for secondary options to open up, but slows the game down too much.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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“Informing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informing. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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