fair warning

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This raises the fundamental issue of fair warning, which was essential to the founding generation that enacted the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Some employees had worked for them for many years, yet the diner’s owner apparently did not give them fair warning that they would be losing their jobs.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

Squish factor: The bathroom at Leroy's is tiny, so fair warning, you might want to avoid it.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2023

Customers like Hult didn’t have enough fair warning or information about how to get assistance, or to sign up for spreading unmanageable spikes over multiple bills.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

One of the reasons Eisman’s report disturbed so many is that he’d failed to give the companies he’d insulted fair warning.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis