How to Use notify in a Sentence

notify

verb
  • Customers were notified of the changes in the company.
  • I was notified that I did not get the job.
  • She was notified that her case worker no longer worked for the state.
    Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But each time a change was made, I was notified about what had been altered and why.
    Simone Scully, Parents, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The Coast Guard was notified about the overdue sub at 5:40 p.m. and a massive search effort was launched.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • Then, the court was faced with the task of notifying everyone once again.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Meta says that Instagram users will be notified of the change via a message at the top of their Feed.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Lawyers for both sides notified the court on Jan. 5 of a deal to resolve the dueling suits.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The machine will even notify you if the pre-filter needs washing, too.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The students were doing well, and the parents of all students in the class have been notified by the principal, Mount said.
    Raja Razek, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The teen's family has been notified, the statement said.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The form is open until noon Thursday, and those who didn’t receive a purchase link will be notified.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The name of the man who was killed is not being released until his family is notified.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The department added the families of the deceased were notified.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The district sent emails and text messages to families notifying them of the error.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2023
  • Van’s said it was notified by a consumer that their product contained wheat even though the packaging said the waffle was wheat-free.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 5 July 2023
  • According to the outlet, the school district notified the families of students of the school about the incident.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In this case, the shooter was seen gearing up by alert students who notified campus police.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The State Department only needs to notify Congress when a price tag is above a certain threshold.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Etienne Lepine, 46, a software engineer at Keysight, was recently notified that she will be laid off by the end of the month.
    Adriana Morga, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The airline had notified CBP that their passenger was transporting the birds on the flight in an open cardboard box inside a plastic bag.
    Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Parents will be notified of the decision by text, email and through JCPS' social channels.
    The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The official declined to disclose when the court and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen were notified of the huge news.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • They were notified an hour after the function ended if they‘d made a mutual match.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But Lee never followed through on his obligation to notify a judge and Foxworth of the evidence.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
  • The Marine's name will not be released until 24 hours after the family is notified.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • As officers were on their way, they were notified that several vehicles sped away from the scene.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 22 June 2023
  • The names of the two people who died are known, but their identities are being withheld until their families can be notified.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Matanzas High School staff notified parents of the incident.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The Cincinnati Health Department has been notified that there was a measles exposure at the venue during the 7 p.m. performance on Friday.
    Cheryl Vari, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024

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