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)
Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
Knicks Film School's Rit Holtzman also notes that more accurate tip-off times, play reviews (which often revolve around trivial fouls prior to the fourth quarters of games), free throw shooting policies, and timeouts often bog down games plenty.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The Red Raiders were short-handed as standout forward Darrion Williams was ruled out just before tip-off.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
Despite its already historic strides in the sport of women’s basketball, Friday night’s game itself provided a unique brand of excitement from tip-off.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Prior to tip-off, Oakland, Calif., native and three-time Grammy winner Raphael Saadiq will deliver a special performance to welcome fans to the Bay Area and introduce the 2025 NBA All-Stars.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
Knicks Film School's Rit Holtzman also notes that more accurate tip-off times, play reviews (which often revolve around trivial fouls prior to the fourth quarters of games), free throw shooting policies, and timeouts often bog down games plenty.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The Red Raiders were short-handed as standout forward Darrion Williams was ruled out just before tip-off.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
Despite its already historic strides in the sport of women’s basketball, Friday night’s game itself provided a unique brand of excitement from tip-off.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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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
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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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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
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The State Department has issued a travel warning for U.S. citizens in Tamaulipas, citing high crime and kidnappings amid ongoing violence between drug cartels.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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They were informed earlier this week that their superstar center, Victor Wembanyama, is ruled out for the rest of the season due to a blood clot in his right shoulder.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
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
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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
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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
Verb
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While the traditional public-private partnership models for delivering weather information may be under scrutiny, climate change is making accurate weather forecasting more essential than ever.—
Sweta Chakraborty,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The state is projected to be short 1,743 doctors by 2030, according to a study published in Human Resources for Health that forecast nationwide physician shortages.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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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
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Few things are as reliable in prophesying a fall from grace as 30 Under 30.—
George Pendle,
airmail.news,
5 Oct. 2024
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 3 Mar. 2025.
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