Thesaurus results for HEADS-UPS

heads-ups

noun

plural of heads-up

as in warnings

the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk thanks for the heads-up about the upcoming visit from the corporate big shots

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Recent Examples of heads-ups And after CLEAResult fired Darlington in 2017, the brothers began bribing CLEAResult employee Peter Marra — sending him cash and gift cards for special favors like getting heads-ups on inspections and audits. —

Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026 Roeling said there are group chats between him and his counterparts around the league to ask questions and provide tips or heads-ups regarding the visa and immigration process. —

Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026

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As Chicago begins laying the groundwork for its next budget — amid warnings of deficits and difficult choices — the same familiar debate is taking shape.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
But new research by Caplan-Auerbach and many others, published today in Science, shows that subtle clues could help provide early warnings.

— Megan I. Gannon, Scientific American, 6 May 2026