on notice
idiom
formal
: warned or told about something
The police are on notice to have more security at the concert.
She put us on notice that she would not be available for interviews until after the trial.
Examples of on notice in a Sentence
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And Biden is putting China on notice for what the Biden administration calls China's manufacturing overcapacity − producing more products, including steel, than its demand domestically or the world can absorb, flooding global markets at artificially low prices.
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Israel must end Hamas’s rule in Gaza and eliminate the group’s ability to attack Israel, both to protect the country and to put its other enemies on notice that killing Israelis will elicit a crushing response.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Some are speculating that the billboard is an elusive way to put the state on notice of an impending Buc-ee’s.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
President Joe Biden put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on notice in their first call since Israeli strikes killed seven aid workers in Gaza.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2024
In 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an enforcement alert putting the owners of the nation’s roughly 250 metal recycling facilities on notice.
—The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
The scenario the show ultimately posits bears little resemblance to traditional sci-fi fare; the aliens are coming, but not for another four hundred years, putting humanity on notice for an encounter—and possibly a war—that’s many lifetimes away.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
In that 2003 case, Grutter v. Bollinger, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the majority opinion preserving limited affirmative action but putting universities on notice by setting an arbitrary timeline for when the court should determine that enough racial justice will have been achieved.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Billionaires are on notice Speaking of which, Biden had no qualms in calling out the super rich and their low tax rates.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Israel must end Hamas’s rule in Gaza and eliminate the group’s ability to attack Israel, both to protect the country and to put its other enemies on notice that killing Israelis will elicit a crushing response.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Some are speculating that the billboard is an elusive way to put the state on notice of an impending Buc-ee’s.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
President Joe Biden put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on notice in their first call since Israeli strikes killed seven aid workers in Gaza.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2024
In 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an enforcement alert putting the owners of the nation’s roughly 250 metal recycling facilities on notice.
—The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
The scenario the show ultimately posits bears little resemblance to traditional sci-fi fare; the aliens are coming, but not for another four hundred years, putting humanity on notice for an encounter—and possibly a war—that’s many lifetimes away.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
In that 2003 case, Grutter v. Bollinger, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the majority opinion preserving limited affirmative action but putting universities on notice by setting an arbitrary timeline for when the court should determine that enough racial justice will have been achieved.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Billionaires are on notice Speaking of which, Biden had no qualms in calling out the super rich and their low tax rates.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
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“On notice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20notice. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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