How to Use on notice in a Sentence

on notice

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  • This puts the teams like the Pirates and A's on notice.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But the rest of the league has been put on notice: The Warriors are still the Warriors.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • That alone should put the Big 12 on notice: The Bearcats belong.
    Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In his first year as a full-time starter, Sanders put the entire college world on notice.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The arrest warrants put them on notice of what they would most likely be charged with if tried.
    Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Teague said Friday’s state championship win should be one that puts the rest of Oakland on notice.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Billionaires are on notice Speaking of which, Biden had no qualms in calling out the super rich and their low tax rates.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Houston hasn't been able to muster much on offense behind QB Kyle Allen, and the defense hasn't put anyone on notice.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The case hasn’t even started and the presiding judge has already lost his patience with Fox’s legal team and put them on notice.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Thompson’s jumper could use work, but his ability to take over games without one — for now — has NBA teams on notice.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • With the lawyers on board, Whitehead and MIT were also put on notice; the stakes had been exponentially raised.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Some are speculating that the billboard is an elusive way to put the state on notice of an impending Buc-ee’s.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Also, if the writer shared his feelings with the hosts in advance and asked them whether this acquaintance would also be at the party, they would be put on notice.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • She's put the entire Atlantic Sun Conference on notice.
    J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The incident also sparked outrage in other parts of the D.C. government and at the dog day care, which had long been on notice that the area was susceptible to flooding.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Music fans should be on notice that concerts could start really late sometimes.
    Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This time around, the investigator played by Fonda has just one scene and a couple of lines; the center instead belongs to the two female reporters who broke the story and, in the process, put the Boston PD on notice.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The words are now officially on paper, and anyone looking to oppose or water down the bill should be put on notice—especially since there’s still much more to be done.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In just two months, a spark of panic has turned into a conflagration that has put America’s regional banks on notice.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo is putting the rest of the NBA on notice.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
  • Eleven points in four overtime minutes after not playing a second of regulation put him on notice.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
  • As recent as last week the Timberwolves looked the part of a legitimate contender, starting the playoffs a perfect 6-0, sweeping the Phoenix Suns in convincing fashion, and putting the Nuggets on notice with a blowout win.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
  • House Bill 93 essentially criminalized the mills, putting Portsmouth’s quacks on notice.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
  • Issues at school Prior to his suicide, the school's dean of students allegedly contacted the Bronsteins to tell them Nate had been put on notice for not wearing his mask correctly over his nose.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 5 May 2023
  • Bureau officials had warned in June that cuts were likely coming and put affected states on notice to either come up with reductions on their own or face having the agency do it for them.
    Jim Carlton, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The anticipated release of the video put the police department in Memphis — as well as departments across the country — on notice for a possible outbreak of protests.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Two other protesters were given trespassing notices by the U.S. Open, which effectively puts them on notice that they are no longer permitted on the grounds.
    Jolie Lash, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Three Dallas-area office properties are facing potential foreclosures next month with lenders putting the owners on notice.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Israel must end Hamas’s rule in Gaza and eliminate the group’s ability to attack Israel, both to protect the country and to put its other enemies on notice that killing Israelis will elicit a crushing response.
    Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Instead, most agreed that any of these Republicans, from California or New York especially, were on notice.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 2 May 2023

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