cautionary
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The bestselling memoir has become a cautionary tale of financial naiveté.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant open their book User Friendly with the cautionary tale of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
The fallout can serve as a cautionary tale for the industry, experts who spoke to the BBC say.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
These partnerships can be risky, regulators say, and the April 2024 collapse of Synapse Financial Technologies serves as a cautionary tale.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
She would take fewer than three puffs, and something in the gesture stirred something inside her, and she told her charges cautionary tales.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing cautionary
ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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Tone and Point of View, List 3
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World Without Fish
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