cautionary
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"It's a cautionary tale about how stellar activity can mimic planet signals using the radial velocity."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
She serves merely as a cautionary tale, when it’s already too late for our protagonists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
According to its official website, external, it is "also a cautionary reminder of the abysses of the inhumane Nazi dictatorship".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Tom Brady story can serve as an inspirational example or a cautionary tale—and perhaps both.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Each time he had given those unsettling warnings, he had been airing out his own trauma, distancing himself from it by reducing it to a cautionary tale.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing cautionary
ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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