cause for alarm
Example Sentences
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"All told, the April activity data are disappointing but not cause for alarm just yet," he wrote, adding that he anticipates growth remaining "resilient over the rest of the year".
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Coming from the mouth of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, those words — and their implications — are jaw-dropping and cause for alarm.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Given commodity-price increases lately, one can see why that’s cause for alarm.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
This move may sound merely bureaucratic on the surface, but a little probing reveals deep cause for alarm.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025
The idea that we may never reach a state of perfect racial equality—a perfect racial equilibrium—is not cause for alarm.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
