tipped (off)

Definition of tipped (off)next
past tense of tip (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipped (off)
Verb
  • Greene said authorities were notified about the avalanche by Blackbird Mountain Guides, which was leading the expedition, and the skiers' emergency beacons.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The coroner said next of kin have been notified, and the cause and manner of death for each are pending autopsy results.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Britain has informed the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons alleging a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention, a press release said.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The library features several spaces that were informed by community feedback, including a community room and a Maker’s Space, where visitors can use 3D printers or take cooking classes.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • If extreme weather is predicted, place three or four sturdy stakes around the shrub and wrap around them and across the top with large pieces of burlap.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The ‘inquiry’ that rattled CBS Colbert predicted something like this would happen.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Guthrie family has been apprised of the efforts to investigate the notes and the case itself, the three officials briefed said.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The role of the director of national intelligence is to coordinate intelligence collection across federal agencies and keep the president apprised of threats to national security.
    Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Wednesday sank 17% and had their worst day since 2017 after the company forecast slightly less revenue in the first quarter than analysts had expected.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • On a similar note, free cash flow is forecast to be anywhere between no income generated and a $3 billion loss.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • People were told that artificial intelligence was the final asteroid in the extinction event prophesied by Trevor Horn, and further told that generative models and algorithmic composition would democratize creation until value ceased to exist.
    William Jones, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.
    Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Leading up to the release of the financial results, other figures foretold the company’s weak performance.
    Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Yang foretold his exit, coincidentally or not, in April.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Yet the demands of modernity produced some humane outcomes that also presaged the future.
    Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
  • In other seasons, that minor miscue would’ve presaged a bitter and deserved ending and another loss to their rivals, who were operating with their backup quarterback Malik Willis after Jordan Love left with a concussion in the second quarter.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Tipped (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipped%20%28off%29. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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