as in to alert
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
the lifeguard warned the boys that if they continued playing so rough, someone was sure to get hurt
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Recent Examples of warn
Boaters were the last to be warned to watch the sky as a line of wind-whipping storms pushed out to sea.
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
At the same meeting, jail nurse Ciani Palencia warned that expanding CLERB’s authority would worsen existing staffing shortages.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
And in a more dire scenario where the Supreme Court takes another six months or so to rule and goes against the tariffs, then the deficit would get close to 8% of GDP, Ryan warned.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Economists warn his low-tax, high-spend program would spook the bond markets.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
At the same meeting, jail nurse Ciani Palencia warned that expanding CLERB’s authority would worsen existing staffing shortages.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
And in a more dire scenario where the Supreme Court takes another six months or so to rule and goes against the tariffs, then the deficit would get close to 8% of GDP, Ryan warned.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Economists warn his low-tax, high-spend program would spook the bond markets.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warn
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By February, Dudek had become the conduit between DOGE and the SSA, alerting top agency officials that DOGE wanted to work at headquarters.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Phillips died in a police shootout on Monday, after officers were alerted to a possible break-in at a farm goods store in Poipoi in the western Waikato district, near to where he was believed to have been hiding out with his kids, CNN, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and ABC News Australia reported.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Skinner advises travelers to try their best to remain calm and engage with the person as little as possible.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Velasco advised a student with a talent for poetry to apply for the Oskar Knoblauch Holocaust Impact Video Contest using one of his poems.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Warn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warn. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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