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as in warning
something that tells of approaching danger or risk
noted that a sudden drop in a student's grades may be a tocsin of a serious personal problem
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Recent Examples of tocsin
Singer Building housed a sewing-machine company, but its slender campanile might have served to ring tocsins or watch for approaching armies.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2023
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute, and AEI have all been sounding the tocsin about Iran for decades.
—Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2023
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute, and AEI have all been sounding the tocsin about Iran for decades.
—Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tocsin
Noun
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There’s also a Transparency Mode that keeps users aware of their surroundings by blending external sounds with the audio signal.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Suspect found dead Police used cellphone data to trace the location of the shooter, identifying a cell signal at around 3:15 p.m. that had not moved for some time, Norris said at the evening conference.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 July 2025
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In South Korea, an early end to monsoon season led to heat wave warnings issued across most of the country this week.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The warning is in effect until 3 a.m. Actions to take when lightning threat is imminent Around 25 million lightning strikes occur in the United States every year, with most taking place during the summer months.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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“Tocsin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tocsin. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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