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)
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
For now, fans can hope for an eventful WNBA tip-off schedule, which features all 15 teams — including new expansion franchises Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire — during the opening weekend of play.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
With parties, gallery openings, and brand activations afoot, Forbes caught up with the Heat’s most stylish leading men there, talking fashion between fits and tip-off.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Bulls average more than 20,000 fans at the United Center, but there were plenty of empty seats at tip-off, which came 30 minutes after the Los Angeles Rams and Bears kicked off their NFC division round game a few miles away at Soldier Field.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The Heat then announced two hours prior to Thursday night’s tip-off that Ware would return to Miami for additional treatment, leaving him unavailable for the final two stops of the trip – Saturday night against the Utah Jazz and Sunday against the Phoenix Suns.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
For now, fans can hope for an eventful WNBA tip-off schedule, which features all 15 teams — including new expansion franchises Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire — during the opening weekend of play.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
With parties, gallery openings, and brand activations afoot, Forbes caught up with the Heat’s most stylish leading men there, talking fashion between fits and tip-off.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Bulls average more than 20,000 fans at the United Center, but there were plenty of empty seats at tip-off, which came 30 minutes after the Los Angeles Rams and Bears kicked off their NFC division round game a few miles away at Soldier Field.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
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Verb
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However, the deputies were notified of a carjacking near the location of the stabbing.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Teens are notified about recording during their safety onboarding.—
Staff Author,
Parents,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Various weather alerts were issued across the state, including winter storm warnings, coastal flooding advisories, and wind advisories.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Lin echoed those warnings that a conflict in the Taiwan Strait would reverberate worldwide.—
Eryk Michael Smith,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Prioritize your safety by staying informed and prepared.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Declaration mandates no particular American foreign policy, but the values the document embodies have always informed it, even as American statesmen have struggled to reconcile the country’s many mundane interests with the principles that gave it birth.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Guthrie family has been apprised of the efforts to investigate the notes and the case itself, the three officials briefed said.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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The role of the director of national intelligence is to coordinate intelligence collection across federal agencies and keep the president apprised of threats to national security.—
Barbara McQuade,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Experts have predicted the race could net up to five more seats for the Democratic congressional delegation.—
Lia Russell
February 21,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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When tested, their atom-thin communication system not only survived months in orbit—it is predicted to last centuries in harsher space environments.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Then, after a rainy and gusty midday Sunday, winter will return as temperatures are forecast to plunge nearly 50 degrees by Tuesday morning.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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That’s significantly fewer than the 225,000 new applications that analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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People were told that artificial intelligence was the final asteroid in the extinction event prophesied by Trevor Horn, and further told that generative models and algorithmic composition would democratize creation until value ceased to exist.—
William Jones,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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The 18th-century painter who prophesied moral dilemmas over progress The National Gallery of London is hosting the first major exhibition of 18th-century painter Joseph Wright, whose works captured the moral dilemma of scientific progress at the dawn of the industrial age.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Yet the demands of modernity produced some humane outcomes that also presaged the future.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Economist Claudia Sahm is an expert (if not the expert) on the conditions that presage a recession and how policymakers should react as a result.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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