as in warns
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog
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The company warns, in the muffled prose of a risk factor, that a credit downgrade could push up its borrowing costs and even change the terms of its data-center leases.
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The National Weather Service warns that moving air can push heat into the body rather than pulling it away at those temperatures.
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Then, in March, cops determined through license plate reader alerts that the car was now in Illinois.
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Massachusetts just completed its pilot program installing wrong-way driver detection devices in 16 locations throughout the state that immediately alerts state police of a wrong way driver.
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“Forewarns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forewarns. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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