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forewarning

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verb

present participle of forewarn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of forewarning
Noun
Norm Miller, University of San Diego YES: Consumers appreciate transparency and forewarning. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025 Fast-food forewarning: McDonald’s reported lackluster quarterly earnings Thursday morning, posting its steepest U.S. same-store sales decline since the early days of the Covid pandemic in 2020. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 May 2025 Barnard, a college affiliated with Columbia, however, sent no forewarning to its community, according to several staff members CNN spoke with. Sarah Boxer, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025 With PulteGroup leading off this earnings report season, their negative comments could be a forewarning of more reality adjustments ahead. John S. Tobey, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for forewarning
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forewarning
Noun
  • The blackout should come as little surprise to YouTube TV subscribers, who for the last week have seen announcements warning of a stalemate.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The regulator is examining 142,600 units of the 2023-2024 Honda Pilot SUV for a possible malfunction in the rear seatbelt warning system, which may incorrectly alert drivers about passenger seatbelt usage.
    Nandan Mandayam, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The news comes as Google and Disney remain locked in a dispute over the terms of a renewal for YouTube TV, which led Disney last week to begin alerting viewers that the streaming service may drop ESPN, ABC and other networks.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Then on March 31, Wingler received an email alerting her that the next day, Anthem was dropping the hospital from its network.
    Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Forewarning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forewarning. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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