disabuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of disabuse
as in disillusions
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes let me disabuse you of your foolish notions

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  1. advises
  2. tells
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  • The city advises residents to check things like flowerpots, pet bowls, bird baths, pool covers and other items a couple of times a week for standing water that needs to be dumped.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Federal guidance advises against drinking more than 48 ounces per hour.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of advises
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  • What Alexa tells you after checking a message The answer depends on what Amazon finds.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Today, Jayson Stark tells us that Judge is simply different from everybody else.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tells
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