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
Perhaps you should find him a lawyer here so you can apprise both you and your client of the landscape here and who you are dealing with.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021
Appraise means “evaluate” or “size up”; apprise means “inform.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Over the years, as the list kept growing, the need to keep everyone apprised led the company to create rules-based frameworks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Jaishankar said he "apprised Secretary Rubio of challenges that legitimate travellers face in respect of visa issuance".
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
Each week, Slate’s Shirin Ali surfaces important, under-the-radar legal news and keeps you apprised of all that is going on with our Jurisprudence team.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 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 lawyer suggested that Leila keep him apprised of anything happening in the case, such as it was.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
At a Menlo Park, California, branch, customers were greeted by a taped up press release apprising them the bank had moved into receivership and would be known as Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara.
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023
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
A villager had reached out to her, and she tweeted at the authorities, apprising them of the problem.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
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
The silk snapped short under too hasty fingers, and the song ended in a gasp of indignation, as she recalled the insolently apprising glance of half-closed blue eyes.
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Mabel Winifred Knowles
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