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as in talking
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
the police only caught the mastermind of the burglary because his disgruntled partner informed
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as in telling
to give information to
chose teaching as a career because it affords the opportunity to inform a whole generation of young minds
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as in notification
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as in lying
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Recent Examples of informing
Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Copyright in particular is an issue that has plagued AI developers, as many continue to train their models on human work without informing the original creators, obtaining consent or providing compensation.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
And senior current and former government officials as well as researchers worry that more serious threats are on the horizon, including to critical information that is key to informing tax policy.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Khalil was taken to the center from New York without informing his wife or lawyers after he was detained on Saturday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Rhodes opened Monday's Raw by informing the audience that John Cena would not be present.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The situation culminated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informing agency heads on Monday that compliance with Musk's directive was voluntary.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones wrote on social media of the difficulty of informing Shields' family of his death.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
Agency employees received an email this week informing them that they are placed on administrative leave, until further notice.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Copyright in particular is an issue that has plagued AI developers, as many continue to train their models on human work without informing the original creators, obtaining consent or providing compensation.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
And senior current and former government officials as well as researchers worry that more serious threats are on the horizon, including to critical information that is key to informing tax policy.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Khalil was taken to the center from New York without informing his wife or lawyers after he was detained on Saturday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Rhodes opened Monday's Raw by informing the audience that John Cena would not be present.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The situation culminated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informing agency heads on Monday that compliance with Musk's directive was voluntary.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones wrote on social media of the difficulty of informing Shields' family of his death.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informing
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The dream part of it, for him, was the chance to spend 100 minutes talking not very much about his passion project itself, but rather using it as a springboard for an infinitely widespread discussion about about political, economic and social ideals.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2025
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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By some accounts, this Santa Tracker initiative kicked off by complete accident in 1955, when a Colorado Springs Sears printed a newspaper announcement telling children to call a certain phone number to chat with Santa.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, many in the United States may even question whether CENTCOM is telling the truth.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Some budget carriers, like Frontier and Spirit, have even stricter rules. Use technology to your advantage: Download your airline’s app and enable push notifications.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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The official notification that you’ve been caught speeding and now face a fine, driving penalties and maybe even a court appearance.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Palace put a message out on their social media page advising the issue had been fixed around 35 minutes after tickets went on sale.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Despite this being the lowest classification, health officials are still advising consumers to take precautions.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In a plea deal, Johnson pled guilty to one count of broker-dealer registration violation, a Class C felony, in exchange for the 14 securities fraud counts being dismissed.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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One exception is if the government was able to prove that citizenship was obtained through fraud in the case of naturalization.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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The next year, Martin was accused of instructing staffers to regularly delete their emails to prevent them from becoming available to the media or public under the state’s Sunshine Law.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
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Whitfield doubles down on his previous orders, instructing the former sheepherder to murder all the Duttons and dump their bodies in the lawless border town.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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In the Carlson interview, Kennedy dismissed the many studies and scientific consensus that shots don’t cause autism as nothing more than statistical trickery.—
Patricia Callahan,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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Indeed, in the 1950s, a magician from New York named John Mulholland was secretly contracted with the agency to write a manual for Cold War spies on trickery and deception.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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Last summer, an exponentially growing audience of fans watched her fall head-over-heels for Brit Aaron Evans, only to be left heartbroken over his deception and sobbing to an entirely too appropriate Sabrina Carpenter song chosen by the show's editors.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Finding The Right Balance The cost of workplace deception is more than just a nasty surprise come employee feedback day.—
Dmitry Malin,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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“Informing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informing. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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