apprise
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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
Both sides had been expected to apprise U.S.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 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
A critic is assigned to apprise and compare, to set down official verdicts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Appraise means “evaluate” or “size up”; apprise means “inform.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Discretion that is “suitably directed and limited” would “ensure … the sentencing authority is apprised of the information relevant to the imposition of sentence and provided with standards to guide its use of that information.”
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
Jaishankar said he "apprised Secretary Rubio of challenges that legitimate travellers face in respect of visa issuance".
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
As you note, your stepsister apprised him of the risks inherent in a revocable trust, the most significant being that its terms could be changed upon his passing.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
The U.S. military was kept apprised of the operation, according to people involved in her escape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Of course not everyone in town had been apprised of the fake influenza before it happened.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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
The Post on Thursday appended to Heard’s op-ed an editor’s note apprising readers of this week’s developments.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
"We are calling people right now apprising them of the situation so they can make other plans," he said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 3, 2014
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
Lewis, apprising him of the result of his inquiries.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas
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