tipping (off)

verb

present participle of tip (off)
as in notifying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipping (off)
  1. notifying
  2. predicting
  3. informing
  4. forecasting
  5. apprising
  6. prophesying
  7. foretelling
  8. presaging
Verb
  • An attorney for Centennial Bank filed a motion in the foreclosure case notifying the court that Steppach is dead.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The Oklahoma Health Care Authority started notifying SoonerCare members who may be affected by new federal work requirements taking effect on Jan 1, 2027.
    — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of notifying
Verb
  • TSixtySix has a heist film releasing early next year and a coming-of-age drama shooting in late January, with Satrusayang predicting demand for Thai content will keep rising.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Understanding the machinations of the current administration and predicting its plans is too tall an order.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of predicting
Verb
  • The authors would like to thank HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science for providing research funding informing this article.
    — Brian Wong, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The California Department of Social Services sent a letter Tuesday to the nonprofit network overseeing the program, informing it that the program will end in 30 days.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • While gold is off its record highs from early this year, its price of around $4,400 per ounce is still well elevated versus history, with Goldman Sachs forecasting the yellow metal to reach $4,900 by year-end on the back of central bank buying.
    — Joanna Ossinger, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) is currently forecasting G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm conditions tonight through tomorrow, with the Kp index expected to peak at 5.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of forecasting
Verb
  • The White House team is required to file a report apprising the court of the status of their compliance within 21 days after the date the order takes effect.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of apprising
Verb
  • Hall was raised in large part by a single mother—who, perhaps prophesying her son’s eventual vocation in Hollywood, was named Annie Hall.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of prophesying
Verb
  • But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of foretelling
Verb
  • Yet the book is also about the disappearance of time and places, with summer’s end presaging more permanent losses.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Andy Cohen was lost to the wormhole, presaging more losses to come.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Definition of presaging
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