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apprise

[uh-prahyz] / əˈpraɪz /


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“We wanted to apprise incoming first-year students to be careful while embarking on their academic journey at Yale,” Hall told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

A multi-agency team is conducting the investigation, he said, adding that the team will apprise authorities when they are done with the probe.

From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2022

This one, for Crypto.com, stars LeBron James, who has traveled back in time to 2003 to apprise his younger self about all of the marvels that the future holds in store.

From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2022

Perhaps you should find him a lawyer here so you can apprise both you and your client of the landscape here and who you are dealing with.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021

Your job is a simple one: apprise Nicole’s teachers of her special needs.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

The 22-year-old digital fundraising associate keeps ChatGPT apprised of his symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Jaishankar said he "apprised Secretary Rubio of challenges that legitimate travellers face in respect of visa issuance".

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

Each week, Slate’s Shirin Ali surfaces important, under-the-radar legal news and keeps you apprised of all that is going on with our Jurisprudence team.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2026

Or, “I am following the guidelines of the trust and keeping little Laura’s parents apprised of all actions. If you want to discuss it, you should ask them.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026

Henry Lee, for example, apprised Madison that the assumption debate reminded him of those glorious days of yesteryear, when the Virginia Assembly refused to recognize Parliament’s right to tax colonies.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

At a Menlo Park, California, branch, customers were greeted by a taped up press release apprising them the bank had moved into receivership and would be known as Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara.

From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023

His complaint alleges the government obtained the warrant in bad faith, and without apprising the magistrate judge of Lindell’s role in the Colorado case.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

A villager had reached out to her, and she tweeted at the authorities, apprising them of the problem.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022

A relative of Mr. MacLeod’s who worked in McClelland & Stewart’s warehouse was charged with apprising him of novelistic developments.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2014

But a secret intelligence apprising him that he was not sufficiently an adept, he again withdrew into the country, where he remained for a couple of years, immersed, I suppose, in occult studies.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams


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