tipping (off)

verb

present participle of tip (off)
as in notifying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipping (off)
  1. notifying
  2. predicting
  3. informing
  4. forecasting
  5. apprising
  6. prophesying
  7. foretelling
  8. presaging
Verb
  • On Wednesday, Serhii Beskrestnov, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on defense technology, said SpaceX had implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals in motion, without notifying the country's defense forces.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Placer County Sheriff’s Office’s coroner division was expected to release her name after notifying her next of kin.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of notifying
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  • Media narrative predicting blue wave in key battleground state not meshing with local Republicans.
    — , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The organization’s track record of predicting Oscar success has been mixed over the years.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of predicting
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  • The White House press office sent letters to the news organizations on September 22, informing them of the reasons and their ability to contest the action, but that was four days after the ban was implemented.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Even her good friend Gizelle knew, and chose to gossip with Ashley instead of privately informing Tia off camera.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of informing
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  • Hall found that forecasting future consumer spending is virtually impossible.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Analysts are forecasting overall growth of nearly 30% for companies in the S&P 500 during the summer from a year earlier, according to FactSet.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of forecasting
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  • The White House team is required to file a report apprising the court of the status of their compliance within 21 days after the date the order takes effect.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of apprising
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  • Those six words form the conclusion of his eulogy, prophesying the lasting impact of the late princess’s life in the decades after her passing.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Hall was raised in large part by a single mother—who, perhaps prophesying her son’s eventual vocation in Hollywood, was named Annie Hall.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of prophesying
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  • But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of foretelling
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  • Yet the book is also about the disappearance of time and places, with summer’s end presaging more permanent losses.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Andy Cohen was lost to the wormhole, presaging more losses to come.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Definition of presaging
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