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as in talking
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
the police only caught the mastermind of the burglary because his disgruntled partner informed
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as in telling
to give information to
chose teaching as a career because it affords the opportunity to inform a whole generation of young minds
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as in notification
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as in lying
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Recent Examples of informing
Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Copyright in particular is an issue that has plagued AI developers, as many continue to train their models on human work without informing the original creators, obtaining consent or providing compensation.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
And senior current and former government officials as well as researchers worry that more serious threats are on the horizon, including to critical information that is key to informing tax policy.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Khalil was taken to the center from New York without informing his wife or lawyers after he was detained on Saturday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Rhodes opened Monday's Raw by informing the audience that John Cena would not be present.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The situation culminated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informing agency heads on Monday that compliance with Musk's directive was voluntary.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones wrote on social media of the difficulty of informing Shields' family of his death.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
Agency employees received an email this week informing them that they are placed on administrative leave, until further notice.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Copyright in particular is an issue that has plagued AI developers, as many continue to train their models on human work without informing the original creators, obtaining consent or providing compensation.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
And senior current and former government officials as well as researchers worry that more serious threats are on the horizon, including to critical information that is key to informing tax policy.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Khalil was taken to the center from New York without informing his wife or lawyers after he was detained on Saturday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Rhodes opened Monday's Raw by informing the audience that John Cena would not be present.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The situation culminated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informing agency heads on Monday that compliance with Musk's directive was voluntary.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones wrote on social media of the difficulty of informing Shields' family of his death.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informing
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The dream part of it, for him, was the chance to spend 100 minutes talking not very much about his passion project itself, but rather using it as a springboard for an infinitely widespread discussion about about political, economic and social ideals.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2025
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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By some accounts, this Santa Tracker initiative kicked off by complete accident in 1955, when a Colorado Springs Sears printed a newspaper announcement telling children to call a certain phone number to chat with Santa.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, many in the United States may even question whether CENTCOM is telling the truth.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Establishing Communication Protocols Map out notification procedures and escalation trees.—
Anuj Tyagi,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Owner notification letters are to be mailed Aug. 25.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
7 July 2025
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Palace put a message out on their social media page advising the issue had been fixed around 35 minutes after tickets went on sale.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Despite this being the lowest classification, health officials are still advising consumers to take precautions.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Southeast Asia has become a global epicenter of cyber scams, where high-tech fraud meets human trafficking.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
14 July 2025
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Always Active These Cookies and SDKs are required for Service functionality, including security and fraud prevention, and to enable any purchasing capabilities.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The next year, Martin was accused of instructing staffers to regularly delete their emails to prevent them from becoming available to the media or public under the state’s Sunshine Law.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
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Whitfield doubles down on his previous orders, instructing the former sheepherder to murder all the Duttons and dump their bodies in the lawless border town.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Innovative feats of trickery are infused with the world of weed.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Fiscal conservatives hated the massive spending and budget trickery.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
1 July 2025
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This deception couldn’t come at a worse time for America’s debt.—
Thomas Kahn,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Unlike earlier studies that uncovered evasion or deception, this research exposed a more alarming phenomenon: models calculating that unethical behavior was a justifiable strategy for survival.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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“Informing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informing. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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