Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipping (off)
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Four weeks after sending the letter notifying SAE of the investigation, KU issued the sanctions against the fraternity.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025 -
Employees in Anaheim, similarly, received text messages notifying them of the closure, according to a local news report.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Robert and Michelle King are known for predicting the future.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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Even with the benefit of polling data and insights from primaries and historical trends, predicting the winners of traditional political elections is difficult.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
11 Oct. 2025
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But after winning just six games the next two seasons, AD Mike Garrett left a message on the coach’s answering machine informing him he was fired.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Stewart opened by informing the audience that there have been six mass shootings in the past 24 hours.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Still, the organization slashed its 2026 outlook, forecasting the world’s economy will cool.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The move comes just a day after the AI chip darling finished lower in sympathy with Oracle shares after a report that the company was seeing lighter margins in its cloud business than analysts were forecasting.—
Sean Conlon,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Every day there are LinkedIn posts, as well as Forbes, NYT, and WSJ articles about the massive capital reallocation by customers and investors to AI from SaaS, foretelling the end of SaaS.—
Barry Libert,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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An optimist would read the internal market action in recent weeks as foretelling an early-cycle reacceleration/reflation dynamic setting up.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Tipping (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipping%20%28off%29. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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