as in warning
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something (such as a piece of advice) that should be remembered when one is doing or thinking about something
Her stock tips always came with a caveat: that the market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.
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Recent Examples of caveat
The caveat: Most Tampa venues command serious cash.
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Yacob Reyes, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
There are some caveats, including blackout dates and the noninclusion of add-on products like bags or seats.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
But there’s a caveat: A child born to each Bridge man will fall back in time.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
The fact that even the reporting suggesting a change added the caveat that support would fall away, meant that users should never have followed the advice.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Yacob Reyes, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
There are some caveats, including blackout dates and the noninclusion of add-on products like bags or seats.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
But there’s a caveat: A child born to each Bridge man will fall back in time.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
The fact that even the reporting suggesting a change added the caveat that support would fall away, meant that users should never have followed the advice.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Caveat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caveat. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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