as in warning
something that tells of approaching danger or risk
the retreat of the island's wildlife to higher ground was a tip-off that a tsunami was about to strike
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Recent Examples of tip (off)
Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
The winners will face each other in the championship game scheduled for Monday, April 7 with tip-off at 7:50 p.m. (ET).
—Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The less than a minute long tribute video the Heat played before the game also featured booing from the sprinkling of South Floridians that actually showed up before tip-off.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
To celebrate, Ore Ida is giving away free tater tots nationwide during the game, from tip-off to final buzzer, which is approximately four hours.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
This week will be a bit different, not to mention unavoidable as storylines are sure to be exhausted by tip-off time.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
The winners will face each other in the championship game scheduled for Monday, April 7 with tip-off at 7:50 p.m. (ET).
—Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The less than a minute long tribute video the Heat played before the game also featured booing from the sprinkling of South Floridians that actually showed up before tip-off.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
To celebrate, Ore Ida is giving away free tater tots nationwide during the game, from tip-off to final buzzer, which is approximately four hours.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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Police officers in Trenton had been notified that Newark officials were searching for Kennerk.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Professors at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, home to Harvard’s undergraduate and PhD programs, were notified in a separate email that a town hall would be arranged in the coming days to answer questions, according to the email.—
Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeff Winter,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The warning was released on Monday at 1:51 p.m., and the latest update about this incident was released on Monday at 1:53 p.m.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025
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Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Its measurements of ocean salinity and temperatures inform Navy operations, according to the Council on Strategic Risks, a nonpartisan security policy institute in Washington.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2025
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Becky, having seen Darlene and Chad together at the bar, informs Ben about Chad.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The administration announced mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), one of the principal agencies that keep Americans apprised of the onrushing damage caused by planetary heating.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Ig Nobel apprised The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate achievements that make people laugh, then think.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Models predict that most meteorites – over half – should also be carbonaceous.—
Patrick M. Shober,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Imagine walking into a meeting where one project manager is using AI to automate reporting, predict risks, and optimize resources in real-time, while another is still relying on manual tracking and outdated tools.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Chipotle, like other restaurants and fast-food chains that rely on supplies from Mexico, also forecast tepid annual comparable sales growth, bracing for a hit from inflation.—
Ananya Mariam Rajesh,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Google's legal team will forecast a world in which Chrome has become less secure without Google's involvement, the Chromium project has crumbled, and browser choice has cratered.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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According to Simpsons scribe Mike Scully, there wasn’t any deliberate prophesying going on in the writers room back then.—
Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
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Ministers, priests, and laypeople embraced this reinvention, as popular practices such as healings, prophesying, speaking in tongues, and performing miracles became hallmarks of a new era of Catholicism.—
Chayenne Polimédio,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Mar. 2019
Verb
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Ryan Coogler first turned heads with his 2013 debut Fruitvale Station, a shattering account of a fatal shooting that presaged the surge of the Black Lives Matter movement.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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This belief justified, in their eyes, the use of indiscriminate violence against the Muslim minority—presaging, in Wagner’s view, the abuses of the post-9/11 era.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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