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a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest
a notification posted by the health board that its inspectors had cited the restaurant for several violations
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Recent Examples of notifications
No cell service, no problem There's no doubt that modern life can feel stressful, with our phones constantly pinging with notifications and doomscrolling negatively impacting people's mental health.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 June 2026
The new software, based on Android 17, ports several notable phone features to wearables, including live notifications.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
Sharktivity provides information and push notifications on white shark sightings, detections, and movements to raise awareness and help people and sharks co-exist.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 June 2026
Sign up for text message alerts in addition to email notifications.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
For a few hours, there's no doom and gloom on the news, no family drama, no Slack notifications, no people fighting about dumb stuff on social media.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release the victim’s identity in accordance with its policy after next-of-kin notifications have been made.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Prioritise, which uses AI to surface your most important notifications first, and Summarise, which condenses long chat threads into a quick summary without opening the app.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Download the Amazon app for push notifications and sneak peeks.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 9 June 2026
Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 June 2026
The new software, based on Android 17, ports several notable phone features to wearables, including live notifications.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
Sharktivity provides information and push notifications on white shark sightings, detections, and movements to raise awareness and help people and sharks co-exist.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 June 2026
Sign up for text message alerts in addition to email notifications.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
For a few hours, there's no doom and gloom on the news, no family drama, no Slack notifications, no people fighting about dumb stuff on social media.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release the victim’s identity in accordance with its policy after next-of-kin notifications have been made.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Prioritise, which uses AI to surface your most important notifications first, and Summarise, which condenses long chat threads into a quick summary without opening the app.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Download the Amazon app for push notifications and sneak peeks.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for notifications
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The announcements reflect a broader trend discussed throughout APOS, where media executives have increasingly emphasized audience engagement, community-building and cultural affinity as key drivers of future growth across Asia’s entertainment industry.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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However, there have been interesting announcements as the summer starts this year, from incremental progress to attention-grabbing promises.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
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Off of Tampa’s Veterans Expressway, behind a gas station and in the shadow of a billboard with rotating local advertisements, a soccer team arrives for practice at two nondescript fields — a nation’s hopes in tow.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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During the investigation, Norwalk detectives posted advertisements on dating websites and social media platforms posing as 15-year-old boys and girls, police said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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To make matters worse, cybercriminals are using fake FIFA sites, bogus ticket offers and phony job ads to scam viewers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Alcohol ads take up a portion of social media ad space, with one study finding nearly 40,000 ads placed on Facebook and Instagram over a year in Australia.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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From 2020’s macOS 11 Big Sur to last year’s macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple released a total of six macOS releases that supported both architectures, though Tahoe’s support list included just a bare handful of Intel models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
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Future model releases won’t automatically be open-source.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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Programming and Content The programming of teleSUR is mainly composed of news programs and includes news bulletins almost every hour.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Automotive website The Drive reported both Nissan and Toyota have recently issued service bulletins to dealers with instructions on rationing motor oil stocks due to an impending shortage.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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Authorities have said some gatherings, often organized or fueled by social media postings, have escalated into fights, arrests and emergency crowd-control responses, as Fox News Digital previously reported.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
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So far, there are no bombshells, based on a USA TODAY review of the documents, and early social media postings from other media and the legions of UFO-ologists out there.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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