as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords
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Learn to trust your algorithmic canary.
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Jay Patel, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
From tropical parrots and toucans to charming songbirds like swallows and canaries, colorful avian creatures are poised to soar onto our homes’ walls this year.
—Celia San Miguel, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
The Grammy-winning rapper sparkled in a sumptuous canary gown that glinted with the help of some reflective beading.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Image Image The canary in the coal mine CoreWeave just pulled off the first big initial public offering this year — and the results were far from heartening.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jay Patel, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
From tropical parrots and toucans to charming songbirds like swallows and canaries, colorful avian creatures are poised to soar onto our homes’ walls this year.
—Celia San Miguel, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
The Grammy-winning rapper sparkled in a sumptuous canary gown that glinted with the help of some reflective beading.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Image Image The canary in the coal mine CoreWeave just pulled off the first big initial public offering this year — and the results were far from heartening.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canary
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The government in that case, a civil lawsuit, has relied on a 2019 local police report, which used information from a confidential informant to allege Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13.—
Andrew Goudsward and Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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Abrego Garcia's lawyers argue the MS-13 allegations are based largely on an accusation from a confidential informant who accused him of being a member of the gang in New York, where Abrego Garcia has never lived.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2025
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The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.—
Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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Boxes of mice and rats which investigators believe to be food for the snakes were also found in the residence.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Don’t Miss: The nearby Volcanic Tablelands, named for a cataclysmic volcanic eruption 750,000 years ago, draws rock climbers for its fantastic bouldering and desert rats for the austere landscape and petroglyph sites.—
Jenna Blough,
Outside Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Canary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canary. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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