as in warning
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something (such as a piece of advice) that should be remembered when one is doing or thinking about something
Her stock tips always came with a caveat: that the market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.
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Recent Examples of caveat
While food at the Mensch’s in Evanston location isn’t kosher because pork products are sold there, Kogan said the Glencoe Mensch’s will be kosher in style, with the caveat that the food is not blessed by a rabbi.
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Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Experts said that the methods used were not unusual for studies that model global disease, but that such studies come with caveats.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
Harry gets off the phone, tells Seraphina that Jaime has accepted the terms, but doesn't share the rat caveat.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
But the company shared those plans with a long caveat, part of which focused on the ongoing requirements from California oversight agencies.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Experts said that the methods used were not unusual for studies that model global disease, but that such studies come with caveats.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
Harry gets off the phone, tells Seraphina that Jaime has accepted the terms, but doesn't share the rat caveat.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
But the company shared those plans with a long caveat, part of which focused on the ongoing requirements from California oversight agencies.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caveat
Noun
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The warning was issued Friday at 4:32 p.m., and the last update regarding this incident was released on Friday at 4:34 p.m.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2025
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The director of the Los Angeles Police Department's union slammed city and state leadership while issuing a stark warning to would-be anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement rioters.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Objects that are outdoors should be secured and caution should be taken if driving.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
13 June 2025
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Even those, including Nephew, who advocate for a new deal caution that Iran’s enrichment capacity has increased in the seven years since Trump left the 2015 agreement.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2025
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“Caveat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caveat. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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