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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
Put away your phone for a weekend, unplug from constant notifications and emerge calmer, more focused and mentally refreshed.
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Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Public safety notifications will now need additional approval.
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Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Information is available in five languages and pushed out through maps, text feeds, and push notifications that can sound even when phones are silenced.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
Consider family meals in which conversations are constantly interrupted by notifications.
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Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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.
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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.
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Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
15 June 2026
Sign up for text message alerts in addition to email notifications.
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Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Public safety notifications will now need additional approval.
—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Information is available in five languages and pushed out through maps, text feeds, and push notifications that can sound even when phones are silenced.
—
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Consider family meals in which conversations are constantly interrupted by notifications.
—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for notifications
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The omissions come after announcements by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin earlier this year that his agency was designating microplastics and pharmaceuticals priority contaminants for testing.
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This is one of the first announcements WhatsApp has made after appointing a new CEO.
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Several speakers at Wednesday's board meeting took issue with advertisements for the Museum of Sex appearing on city buses, arguing children shouldn't be exposed to them on their daily commute.
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The attention-grabbing bottles could be anywhere from 12 inches (for a countertop) to over 24 inches (for a display window) tall and acted as de facto advertisements enticing customers to smell the scents their smaller bottles contained.
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With the passage of Thursday’s law, both sides have agreed to pull their respective measures from the November ballot, halting campaigns that had both parties amassing tens of millions in funding and blanketing the airwaves with ads.
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The comments were clipped almost immediately by the Jones team and played on multiple ads on television and social media, and became a regular talking point for Jones during various public appearances.
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The company said later releases will add non-woven fabric formation, viscose, apparel assembly, bovine leather, and dyeing and printing chemicals.
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Gkids also plans further Imax releases of new 4K Ghibli remasters starting in fall 2026, alongside a re-release of the full library across home video platforms.
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The first bulletins reported police and emergency vehicles swarming around a nightclub in Orlando in the predawn hours of June 12, 2016.
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Programming and Content The programming of teleSUR is mainly composed of news programs and includes news bulletins almost every hour.
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The following are the hybrid and remote offerings, by role, seen through Robert Half’s analysis of job postings – which mirror more closely with employees’ self-reporting in the BLS numbers.
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Dean Boerner, a lead data scientist at Revelio Labs, found in his recent research looking across tens of thousands of postings from hundreds of space sector companies that the industry is significantly outperforming the broader labor market in providing current career opportunities.
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“Notifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notifications. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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