1
as in talks
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
the police only caught the mastermind of the burglary because his disgruntled partner informed
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as in tells
to give information to
chose teaching as a career because it affords the opportunity to inform a whole generation of young minds
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Recent Examples of informs
The Wells Notice, which serves as the civil equivalent of a criminal grand jury target letter, informs the recipients that the Division is prepared to recommend to the Commissioners that they be sued.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Once passengers buy tickets, the attendant directs them to a waiting Tesla, informs the driver of the destination and sends them on their way.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
The show’s solution is to show us a montage of the season’s ups and downs as a voiceover informs us that love isn’t happily ever after.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Being faithful to those characters informs all of it.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
The latest installment, which premiered Thursday on Netflix, picks up just moments after the Season 2 cliffhanger when the President dies after Hal (Rufus Sewell) informs him of Vice President Grace Penn’s involvement in the bombing of a British aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
That shift informs the way climbing gyms are put together.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
This data informs pretreatment.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
The data informs an Ecological Integrity Monitoring Program that shapes management decisions and conservation practices in the face of climate change and industrial development in areas bordering the park.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Once passengers buy tickets, the attendant directs them to a waiting Tesla, informs the driver of the destination and sends them on their way.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
The show’s solution is to show us a montage of the season’s ups and downs as a voiceover informs us that love isn’t happily ever after.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Being faithful to those characters informs all of it.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
The latest installment, which premiered Thursday on Netflix, picks up just moments after the Season 2 cliffhanger when the President dies after Hal (Rufus Sewell) informs him of Vice President Grace Penn’s involvement in the bombing of a British aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
That shift informs the way climbing gyms are put together.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
This data informs pretreatment.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
The data informs an Ecological Integrity Monitoring Program that shapes management decisions and conservation practices in the face of climate change and industrial development in areas bordering the park.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informs
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Benavidez talks with the women who have more recently shared their stories.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Up to now, talks with the Taliban about the TTP have yielded little for Pakistan, analysts say.—
NPR,
NPR,
31 Oct. 2025
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The influencer, 26, graduated from nursing school in August 2024, and soon after, the high school sweethearts bought a house in Michigan, ending the long-distance aspect of their relationship, Adams tells PEOPLE exclusively.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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That film tells the true story of an Istituto Luce cameraman who filmed Mussolini and fascist propaganda, and, eventually, the head of communist Albania.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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This betrays everything America stands for.—
Grace Meng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Greenblatt’s myth of a Romantic Marlowe almost singlehandedly pushing England into the Renaissance betrays the principles of New Historicism by shortchanging the roles of so many other key players.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Lebanon's National Council for Scientific Research, which conducts research and advises the government on policy, has documented almost 500 homes destroyed after the ceasefire in just three border villages and hundreds more houses damaged.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Food writer Stephanie Gravalese advises that, with SNAP benefits temporarily paused, an effective way to conserve resources is to take stock of your pantry.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
31 Oct. 2025
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In a video from the show, Dijon sings the Swag standout while the audience can be heard singing along.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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He was motivated by his mom, who also sings and performs at parties doing tributes to stars like Gloria Trevi.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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He is whisked away from a charity basketball event to his Air Force One, where Lieutenant Commander Robert Reeves (Jonah Hauer-King) hands him the Black Bag and instructs him to choose which retaliatory strike option to approve.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Oct. 2025
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Cameron and Sullivan find Jones, and Sullivan instructs Cameron to bring him back to the medic truck.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Informs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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