1
as in to affect
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
the pressure of final exams is beginning to tell on the students in the dorm
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2
as in to talk
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
detectives convinced the perpetrators in custody to tell on their associates
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tell (on)
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Is There Any Correlation With Peer Earnings? Occasionally, the performance of peers can affect the stock reaction following earnings.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025 -
Helps Protect from Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer's disease is a brain disease that affects memory and thinking.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Not talking an exceptionally high level; not the top-shelf stuff.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
14 July 2025
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Chaidez continued talking to the victim as his partner Officer Rudy Dereza applied a tourniquet and waited for the medics, who eventually took her to Mercy Medical Center, where she was treated before going on to a Chicago trauma hospital.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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The court's decision could impact the roughly 15 million people who carry a total of about $49 billion in medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that can influence whether lenders decide whether to extend loans like mortgages or auto loans to consumers.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
15 July 2025
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When a professional athlete is paid to endorse a shoe company in a TV commercial or to influence a brand on social media, that too is use of NIL.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 July 2025
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One who has yet to impress much, however, is Venables.—
Chase Goodbread,
The Tennessean,
10 July 2025
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Despite the needle moving back to middle ground between hawks and doves on the FOMC, economists weren’t impressed by the developments.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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For over 50 years, Travel + Leisure has informed and inspired millions of travelers, offering practical advice, essential travel news, and personal narratives from our network of on-the-ground writers around the world.—
Jamie Hergenrader,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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Post-Earnings Positioning: Conversely, traders can wait for the earnings announcement and then evaluate the relationship between immediate and medium-term returns to inform their subsequent trading actions.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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These changes are poised to impact South Korean beauty exports — which have long entered the U.S. free of duty thanks to the Korea Free Trade Agreement established in 2012 — in a big way.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
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Twenty-three drones impacted across seven locations, with falling debris reported in nine locations, the air force said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Jonathan Lamb told reporters earlier in the week, urging residents not to touch mounds of wreckage before it’s properly searched.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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Learning to be a leader should start early on: An episode with Brian Sprout, varsity baseball coach at Woodbury’s East Ridge High School, touched on how sports can help youth become emerging leaders.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
Verb
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Nationally, over 2,000 Teamsters are either actively striking or observing picket lines.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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According to Secretary of State Bill Galvin, the ongoing dispute between the company and more than 450 striking members of Teamsters Local 25 should have been resolved already.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2025
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“Tell (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tell%20%28on%29. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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