disabuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of disabuse
as in disillusions
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes let me disabuse you of your foolish notions

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  1. advises
  2. tells
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  • For other companies seeking to improve socio-economic mobility, Ellis advises collecting data and improving awareness first before introducing new schemes.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The most revealing moment at the Monaco Yacht Show may be the one in which someone advises a prospective client to walk away.
    — Christoph Lymbersky, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of advises
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  • The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Ilya is looking for work as an assistant, and the professor, with his dandyish nerd arrogance, tells him to look at a paper he’s written and come back in a few days.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of tells
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