warning sign

noun

: something which shows that something else will happen

Falling prices may be a warning sign of a recession.

Examples of warning sign in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tonight’s result is yet another warning sign to Republicans that voters are fed up with their out-of-touch agenda that is raising costs for working families across the country. —Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

But in a warning sign for the GOP, November's odd-year races saw Democrats who campaigned on affordability win major contests in New York City, Virginia and New Jersey. —Joe Hernandez, NPR, 11 Dec. 2025

Higgins winning the independent vote is a warning sign on immigration for Republicans in Miami-Dade County, said Jesse Manzano-Plaza, a GOP political consultant who ran two successful citywide campaigns for Miami’s outgoing Republican mayor, Francis Suarez, in 2017 and 2021. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025

But other Republicans see the results as a bright-red warning sign for the party heading into next year’s elections. —Julia Mueller, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025

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