as in informed
to give information to
let me apprise you of the current situation
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Recent Examples of apprised
Purushotham argued that build versus buy is often not an either/or, though his team stays apprised of what Citi’s 30,000 software developers are working on.
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Ig Nobel apprised The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate achievements that make people laugh, then think.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
The acclaimed independent filmmaker, who has also taught film at Bard College for nearly two decades, spoke to Vogue last week about the noteworthy events at the edge of the action, the artist who inspired Mooney’s wardrobe, and the materials that apprised O’Connor of 1970 America.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
The fountain’s ninety-six-year-old creator was not apprised of the work’s impending destruction but instead was alerted by his children, who had read about it online.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025
And those talks are underway, and the president is very much on the ball and is being apprised of this situation.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Most of the cases presented took place during the 80s and 90s in Korea, before the internet, streaming video, and mobile devices kept us so apprised of manmade horrors being perpetrated on the other side of the world.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Whatever the goal, your audience should be apprised of it right from the beginning.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2025
Local state prosecutors will be apprised of the situation should possible criminal culpability play a role in the origin of the pileup, the governor said.
—Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2025
Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Ig Nobel apprised The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate achievements that make people laugh, then think.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
The acclaimed independent filmmaker, who has also taught film at Bard College for nearly two decades, spoke to Vogue last week about the noteworthy events at the edge of the action, the artist who inspired Mooney’s wardrobe, and the materials that apprised O’Connor of 1970 America.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
The fountain’s ninety-six-year-old creator was not apprised of the work’s impending destruction but instead was alerted by his children, who had read about it online.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025
And those talks are underway, and the president is very much on the ball and is being apprised of this situation.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Most of the cases presented took place during the 80s and 90s in Korea, before the internet, streaming video, and mobile devices kept us so apprised of manmade horrors being perpetrated on the other side of the world.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Whatever the goal, your audience should be apprised of it right from the beginning.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2025
Local state prosecutors will be apprised of the situation should possible criminal culpability play a role in the origin of the pileup, the governor said.
—Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprised
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The Public Health Agency of Canada said it was informed of the loss by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) after more than 12 months of continuous measles transmission.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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If the new ad pact works, audiences would come to view T-Mobile as helping to support the CNN reports that keep them informed, says Griggs.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The freeze warnings are expected to remain in place until Tuesday morning, and residents in affected areas are advised to check local forecasts for updates, take immediate steps to protect plants, pipes, and pets from extreme cold, and watch for rapidly changing conditions.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Franklin Fire Department advised that students be released about 10 minutes early, the letter said.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Arkansans who rely on federal food assistance could see their benefits restored as early as next week, Janet Mann, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, told a legislative committee Thursday.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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Among the Continental soldiers taken prisoner at the Battle of Trois-Rivières in Quebec in 1776, for instance, eighty-nine of two hundred told their redcoat captors they had been born overseas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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