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)
Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Missouri jumped out to a 12-0 lead right from the opening tip-off and impressively maintained that edge for the entire 40 minutes.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
When making their way to their seats ahead of tip-off, the NBA W.A.G. met up with the athlete's younger sister, Erica, before the game began.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Hours before tip-off the NCAA Tournament selection committee released its top-16 seeds and TCU (24-3, 12-2) was slotted No. 9 meaning, the committee right now has the Horned Frogs as a No. 3 seed.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Rivers said the team is still working with the league to see if Portis can travel with the team, even though he is not allowed in arenas on game nights starting two hours before tip-off.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Missouri jumped out to a 12-0 lead right from the opening tip-off and impressively maintained that edge for the entire 40 minutes.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
When making their way to their seats ahead of tip-off, the NBA W.A.G. met up with the athlete's younger sister, Erica, before the game began.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Hours before tip-off the NCAA Tournament selection committee released its top-16 seeds and TCU (24-3, 12-2) was slotted No. 9 meaning, the committee right now has the Horned Frogs as a No. 3 seed.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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On Thursday, February 27, the U.S Attorney for Washington, D.C., Edward Martin, a Trump loyalist, notified McFadden that the government had completely cancelled its contract with the Catholic bishop the day before.—
Sean O'Driscoll,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet Won the Red Carpet The executive notified members that they’d be offered a severance payment of $102,500 as the Globes shifts to phasing out payments to its voters.—
Erik Hayden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The warning about the security measures put in place were posted on the naval base’s Facebook page.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Feb. 2025
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The other recent Google change that now comes into play (no pun intended) is Play Store’s quality warnings, which focus on poor reviews and uninstalls amongst other things.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But several national security agencies, including the FBI, and multiple other federal departments advised staffers not to respond to the email immediately, suggesting that the broader executive branch was not informed of nor prepared for the demand.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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Sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, have said that the players have been informed of the decision.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The consignor, apprised of the Grünbaum provenance, asked Christie’s to help mediate an agreement with Grünbaum’s heirs, according to Boll.—
Catherine Hickley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Local state prosecutors will be apprised of the situation should possible criminal culpability play a role in the origin of the pileup, the governor said.—
Erick Mendoza,
NBC News,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Over-fitting forces the model to be specialized to the low amount of data and thus cannot predict accurately.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Oregon, Virginia, Nevada and Louisiana are among the states predicted by the KFF to experience the biggest drop in Medicaid enrolment should the cuts happen, as the map above shows.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The first step is to develop a stress-testing mindset when forecasting future growth.—
Laura Clayton McDonnell,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Still, that put profits per share 16 cents ahead of the $2.25 analysts forecast.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Biden’s actions kicked off a yearslong border crisis which melted down the emergency resources of border towns and caused New York’s mayor to prophesy the destruction of his city’s finances.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 Mar. 2025
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Speaking of prophesying, faith is big in the Hurts household, and the NFL star speaks about it publicly.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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State of play: Councilwoman Rebecca Maurer and Council President Blaine Griffin went at each other in public remarks, presaging what could be a larger ideological battle about the new ward map.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
26 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, opposition to elements of the American System was one of the chief policy goals of early Democratic politicians such as Andrew Jackson, and fights over the system presaged later sectional fights leading up to the Civil War.—
Erik Guzik / The Conversation,
Quartz,
4 Nov. 2024
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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