notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnō-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
Examples of notification in a Sentence
I was given no notification that you received my payment.
You will be sent a written notification.
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In addition to the complaints, Tong’s office also received more than 1,830 data breach notifications from companies.
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P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
City officials said public outreach about this year’s changes will continue through the city’s website, email notifications, social media and inserts in residents’ utility bill mailers.
—Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Apple has continued to add health features to its devices in recent years — such as sleep-apnea detection and hypertension notifications — but those tools primarily flag potential conditions rather than help users actively manage them.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Before Moscow suspended New START in 2023, both parties carried out 328 on-site inspections and exchanged more than 25,000 notifications about each other’s activities, according to the State Department.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
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P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
City officials said public outreach about this year’s changes will continue through the city’s website, email notifications, social media and inserts in residents’ utility bill mailers.
—Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Apple has continued to add health features to its devices in recent years — such as sleep-apnea detection and hypertension notifications — but those tools primarily flag potential conditions rather than help users actively manage them.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Before Moscow suspended New START in 2023, both parties carried out 328 on-site inspections and exchanged more than 25,000 notifications about each other’s activities, according to the State Department.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Notification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notification. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnōt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
1
: the act or an instance of notifying
2
: written or printed matter that gives notice
Medical Definition
notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnōt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
: the act or an instance of notifying
especially
: the act of reporting the occurrence of a communicable disease or of an individual affected with such a disease
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