tipped (off)

past tense of tip (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipped (off)
Verb
  • Anthropic reportedly notified the PPD of the incident on October 7, and department personnel met with Anthropic on October 8.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In 2023, my team and I were assessing the nation’s pandemic influenza plans when the Situation Room notified me that H5N1 influenza had infected a father and killed his daughter in a remote Cambodian village.
    — Raj Panjabi, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Those values have informed key operational evolutions at Estée Lauder of late.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • From the point of view of statistics, however, not very well informed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Back in 2009, there was a Department of Homeland Security report that predicted a rise in far-right extremism.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Few could have predicted the club would win its final seven games.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Shanahan balked at an Australian adventure when first apprised in February that the 49ers would be part of it.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy created and runs Sharktivity, a shark-sighting and resource app designed to keep beachgoers apprised of the sharks’ presence.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That’s because bank stocks are particularly difficult to forecast, given that their performance depends heavily on macro factors rather than information that management might have about the company.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile overnight, South Korean tech titan Samsung is forecasting a record third-quarter profit of $80 billion.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Big Brother, the surveillance state prophesied by George Orwell, has a new name — Flock.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Or, The Covenant, a group prophesied by the Elder Scrolls to end the Daedra Wars.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That night foretold a scenario that has kept repeating itself, which has revealed a clear dysfunction between the tournament’s schedule and the nature of tennis in 2026.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The prophecy of the film’s success was foretold when 70mm screening tickets for The Odyssey sold out quickly upon release one year before the movie was set to debut, according to The Los Angeles Times.
    — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • Their ’90s output handily presaged the logic of media like the shows that aired on Adult Swim, adapting the bounciness and surrealism of childhood stories to biting adult sensibilities.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Years of turmoil presaged the takeover.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
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“Tipped (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipped%20%28off%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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