fair warning

Example Sentences

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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

Noting infrastructure crippled by extreme heat to homes damaged in wildfires, Sadiq Khan warned that "no one will be able to claim with any credibility that we were not given fair warning."

From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2022

Speaking of tears, there are going to be some here today — fair warning.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022

I think keep given people fair warning is the fair thing to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2022

My fault, of course—I should have given the girl some fair warning.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir