cautionary
Example Sentences
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For better or worse, Dawson served as an emotional, often cautionary, proxy for millennials’ own coming-of-age messiness.
From Los Angeles Times
The so-called ecocide narrative argues that deforestation led to conflict and population decline before Europeans arrived in the 18th century, turning the island into a cautionary tale about overconsumption.
From Science Daily
The data come after ISM reported earlier this week that manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace since 2022, though the positive reading was tempered by cautionary commentary about tariff-related price increases.
Another cautionary signal is that trading volume picked up toward the end of last week.
From Barron's
But then the creatives behind “Wonder Man” reached out to him with a “crazy idea”: They wanted him to portray an outlandish alternate version of himself in a cautionary tale about superpower-fueled Hollywood celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
