Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipping (off)
Verb
-
On Tuesday, school district Superintendent Eduardo Reyes issued a letter notifying families and staff in the district of the arrest.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Yolo County coroner’s officials will identify the tractor-trailer’s driver after notifying next of kin.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Tennessee has also started being walloped by snow and ice, with forecasters predicting up to six inches of snow expected from the storm, more than a season's worth in about one day.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
-
As the National Weather Service in Louisville anticipates the impact of a major winter storm, the agency is predicting dangerous — or even impossible — driving conditions.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
-
That discipline is now informing its expansion into the United States, where conversational AI is widespread but largely limited to customer support.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Futures markets expect two quarter-point interest rate cuts this year, forecasting the first in June and a second in the fall, according to CME FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
-
Investors had grown accustomed to UnitedHealth as a steady compounder, not a company forecasting falling revenue and absorbing large restructuring charges while facing political and regulatory heat.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
One day, his dad, Brian (Palin), shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and alchemy to create Homunculi – magical prophesying spirits that can predict the future.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
-
The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Million-Follower Detective (February 12) This eight-episode Taiwanese crime thriller follows a mysterious woman who rises to fame and becomes a powerful influencer after accurately foretelling the murders of several social-media influencers.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
-
Apparently, the little man was an oracle, foretelling deaths with certainty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning at Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, the new sanctuary honoring pathbreaking sculptor Alexander Calder, presaging its opening to the public, which is set for September 21.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Tipping (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipping%20%28off%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
