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warning

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adjective

as in cautionary
serving as or offering a warning usually gave her trademark warning look when the children were getting out of hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

warning

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verb

present participle of warn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of warning
Noun
Fyre Festival 2 details announced in reboot of infamous event An urgent warning In the United States, as couriers are facing prison sentences, law enforcement officials are traveling to senior communities to raise awareness about the scam. Laura Romero, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025 The deputy deployed his stun gun after several warnings, but Cure didn’t go down. Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The bureau also will post more warning notices at 750 livestock sale facilities and review other potential changes to federal regulations. Scott Sonner, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021 In response, statistical authorities around the world could do little but issue warning press releases. Andrew Whitby, Time, 17 Apr. 2020
Verb
Your local television forecast, weather App, and warning information depends on government satellites, radars, models, observations, and personnel. Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 Even the mainstream media is warning users away from RCS, leaving Google with some thinking to do. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for warning
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warning
Noun
  • There’s a reason for his caution: President Trump’s ever-changing, on-again, off-again tariff war with America’s three biggest trading partners — Mexico, Canada and China.
    Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Historical data suggests caution: Rising unemployment rates and a reversion of the yield curve often precede recessions.
    Gene Goldman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Officials have said no signs of foul play are apparent, and an autopsy found no external trauma to either Hackman or Arakawa.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • These signs include avoiding each other or keeping their distance, swiping, biting, dilated pupils, flattened ears, hissing, litter box guarding, urinating outside of the litter box, territorial aggression, and toy hoarding.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Hall’s healthy scratch for the Nov. 11 game against the Canucks in Vancouver came with no forewarning from Richardson, who said Hall needed a game to reset.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The news of the limited edition Trump cards was also shared with a forewarning that certain Metro stations will be closed on Inauguration Day, including McPherson Square and Smithsonian stops.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Listen to this article Loading your audio article A drunk motorist who ran a red light and killed a pedestrian while driving more than 70 mph through a Brooklyn intersection has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • During his escape, Conyers ran a red light at Parker Road and Lincoln Avenue and fatally struck pedestrian Jossy Fernando Pinto, 51.
    Max Levy, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged.
    John Liu, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022
Verb
  • On social media, the department has avoided mentioning flu shots in posts about the flu, instead advising people to wash their hands and cover their coughs.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Universities in general are taking a cautious approach, stopping short of predicting a ban, but advising international students to plan ahead and prepare for potential delays at immigration control.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The traffic alert was reported Thursday at 9:58 p.m., and the most recent report regarding this incident was released on Thursday at 10:13 p.m.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • What to Know As of Monday morning, fire weather persists across both states, though the red flag warnings issued over the weekend have expired.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the red flag warnings expired by Sunday morning as winds calmed down.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2025

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