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as in to notify

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noun

ˈtip-ˌȯf How to pronounce tip-off (audio)
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)
Noun
Both Sidney and Reg were long since dead when Pettifor first began pursuing his tip-off. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 July 2026 Lisa Leslie and Kym Hampton were at center court for the pregame tip-off. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 June 2026 Kevin and Kayvon Hill, two brothers and lifelong New York Knicks fans from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, arrived at Madison Square Garden at noon on Saturday, almost nine hours before the tip-off of Game 5 of the NBA finals. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 Game 3 ticket prices ranged from $5,200-$329,000 on StubHub hours before tip-off. — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tip (off)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
  1. notify
  2. warning
  3. inform
  4. apprise
  5. predict
  6. forecast
  7. prophesy
  8. presage
Verb
  • Health benefits wane for immigrants The federal government required states to notify immigrants who will soon lose coverage, but immigrant rights advocates say some states did not begin sending letters until September.
    — Phil Galewitz, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Some states that aren't currently experiencing large measles outbreaks have notified residents of possible exposures.
    — Rachel Carlson, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of notify
Noun
  • Less than an hour after the first warning that a wildfire was headed for her suburban street, Boulder County resident Tawnya Somauroo's home was in ashes.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Crash reported on eastbound I-70 A traffic warning has been issued after a crash on I-70 between U P RR Service Road/Exit 421 and I-670/I-70.
    — Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of warning
Verb
  • At the opening, Lafayette 148 NorthPark will feature its fall 2026 collection, including exclusive leather colorways created for Dallas, precise tailoring and signature white shirts informed by the archives and three decades of craftsmanship.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Livia’s unease informs her skepticism of politics; in linking the two, Kingsolver conflates class and culture, using the former as an excuse for what really just seems to be Livia’s constitutional conservatism.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of inform
Verb
  • Shanahan balked at an Australian adventure when first apprised in February that the 49ers would be part of it.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy created and runs Sharktivity, a shark-sighting and resource app designed to keep beachgoers apprised of the sharks’ presence.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of apprise
Verb
  • Given Polymarket’s popularity, its prices can feed back into the events its bets supposedly only predict.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Many Democratic leaders predict that the House majority is all but theirs, and that the Senate majority, almost unthinkable a year ago, is nearly in their grasp as well.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of predict
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  • Barra, once bullish in forecasting that self-driving cars would arrive quickly, is more measured now.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As cryptocurrencies code-conjure themselves into being and a performative utterance can fix the price of a stock if uttered emphatically enough, arrest data is used to forecast the stock valuation of private prisons.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of forecast
Verb
  • Those six words form the conclusion of his eulogy, prophesying the lasting impact of the late princess’s life in the decades after her passing.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Big Brother, the surveillance state prophesied by George Orwell, has a new name — Flock.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of prophesy
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  • Charlie Kirk's family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist's assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Their ’90s output handily presaged the logic of media like the shows that aired on Adult Swim, adapting the bounciness and surrealism of childhood stories to biting adult sensibilities.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
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