as in to warn
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog
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Recent Examples of forewarn
Indeed, the industry would later claim that, with these labels, the public had been forewarned about the risks of smoking—and thus assumed these risks themselves.
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Simar Bajaj / Made By History, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Just be forewarned that reality will come crashing down at some point, popping our bubbles.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Among the departments affected are the Defense Department, the Education Department, the Energy Department and the Department of Health and Human Services with more agencies that have been forewarned of coming cuts, according to the Associated Press.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Remember, in the world of investing, forewarned is forearmed.
—Bob Haber, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Simar Bajaj / Made By History, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Just be forewarned that reality will come crashing down at some point, popping our bubbles.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Among the departments affected are the Defense Department, the Education Department, the Energy Department and the Department of Health and Human Services with more agencies that have been forewarned of coming cuts, according to the Associated Press.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Remember, in the world of investing, forewarned is forearmed.
—Bob Haber, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forewarn
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Landsbergis’ own Plan B starts with his home region, the Baltic countries, which have been among the most stalwart in warning the world about Russian aggression and providing aid for Ukraine.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Bolden, who’d warned about lax security practices around President John F. Kennedy, was charged in 1964 with attempting to sell a copy of a Secret Service file to a ring of counterfeiters.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Passengers immediately alerted the boat’s crew, who contacted police.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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This cosmic cannibalism causes blasts of light that can outshine the combined light of every star in the host galaxy of the TDE, alerting scientists to a gory stellar death.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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“Forewarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forewarn. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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