as in warning
something that tells of approaching danger or risk
the retreat of the island's wildlife to higher ground was a tip-off that a tsunami was about to strike
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Recent Examples of tip (off)
Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
The best way to get affordable Knicks tickets is to stop by the box office 15 minutes after tip-off.
—The Editors, Curbed, 9 May 2025
What are the tip-offs that a person is operating from attachment versus aspiration?
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Game 3 will be played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday with a 3:30 p.m. ET tip-off.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
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Noun
Less than an hour before tip-off, Cleveland released his official status.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
The best way to get affordable Knicks tickets is to stop by the box office 15 minutes after tip-off.
—The Editors, Curbed, 9 May 2025
What are the tip-offs that a person is operating from attachment versus aspiration?
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Game 3 will be played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday with a 3:30 p.m. ET tip-off.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release the man’s name and age after his family has been notified.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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The boat, with four on board, sank hundreds of feet offshore in Possession Sound, north of Seattle, in the afternoon of May 21, with authorities notified of the incident around 1:10 p.m., Everett Police Department said in a news release.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The widespread nature of these outages is echoed by the Federal Aviation Administration’s own warnings.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
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How to act during strong winds Take shelter: Immediately go inside a sturdy building during a high wind warning or severe thunderstorm warning and move to an interior room or basement.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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The film also stars Dave Bautista as Steve, the show’s producer who informs Shelly that her longtime gig is coming to an end.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Lachi's own journey with blindness has also deeply informed her work and activism.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Be a visible change leader and steadying force, keeping employees regularly apprised.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Ig Nobel apprised The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate achievements that make people laugh, then think.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Ultimately, the company’s ambition is to build a computational model that captures the behaviours of every molecule inside a living cell and to predict how each of these molecules will change with health, disease or exposure to drugs.—
David Prosser,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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For Chadwick and other researchers, frequent eruptions offer the tantalizing opportunity to predict volcanic eruptions weeks to months in advance — something that’s very difficult to do with other volcanoes.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
Verb
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While the promise of forecasting customer behavior, optimizing operations and boosting efficiency was clear, the reality was often out of reach for most businesses.—
Zohar Bronfman,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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When will abnormally high temperatures hit California? As of Friday, May 23, the Climate Prediction Center was forecasting above-normal temperatures across most of California from Friday, May 30, to June 5.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Wright’s childhood nursery was decorated with engravings of English cathedrals In his autobiography, Wright discusses how his mother prophesied his future as an architect, decorating his nursery with buildings to encourage this development.—
Carrie Hojnicki,
Architectural Digest,
21 May 2025
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Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and other tech barons like to prophesy a future in which AI cures cancer and makes everyone prosperous.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This unilateral order presaged a series of alarming power grabs in the following months—beginning with immigration.—
Kica Matos,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Now, though, an executive order signed by President Trump could presage legal challenges of pioneering California laws that overhauled school discipline by banning willful defiance suspensions for K-12 students.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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