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admonition

[ad-muh-nish-uhn] / ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən /




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"You have no previous convictions and I have taken the view that admonition is appropriate."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

It is also consistent with the Supreme Court’s admonition that the touchstone of the Fourth Amendment is whether the search or seizure is “reasonable,” not whether it is supported by a judicial warrant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Jessica Lautz, vice president of research at the National Association of Realtors, offers this admonition to homeowners selling for the first time in years: “It’s a very different housing market today.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

Eilish’s admonition and Parton’s example resonates because it underscores a broader cultural conversation: wealth comes with choices.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

He issued instructions that anticipated by many years Louis Sullivan’s famous admonition that form must follow function.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Given the IRS’s guidance and admonitions, tax professionals said, most taxpayers didn’t roll the dice on that literal reading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

The admonitions in Geismer’s book, published three years ago, cogently apply to the present and future.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025

Criminologists tend to speak in caveats, with warning of reversion to the mean and admonitions to wait for better data, but even they must admit: These are some eye-catching numbers.

From Slate ● May 7, 2025

Despite decades of admonitions from nutritionists and environmentalists to “eat locally, think globally,” our collective diets are more international than ever.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 26, 2024

Dad reissued his usual string of father-to-teenage-son admonitions about what Cade and I should not do while he was gone.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith


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