notice
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Synonyms for notice
Synonyms: Noun
ad, advert [chiefly British], advertisement, announcement, bulletin, communiqué, notification, posting, release
Synonyms: Verb
behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, observe, perceive, regard, remark, see, sight, spot, spy, view, witness
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Examples of notice in a Sentence
Noun
Please give us enough notice to prepare for your arrival. Notices were sent to parents about the school trip. Did you see the notice about the meeting? Newspapers print notices of marriages and deaths.Verb
She noticed a smell of gas. You didn't notice that I got my hair cut. She noticed me leaving the meeting early. I noticed an error in the book. The problem was first noticed several days ago.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Instead, families are typically released after days in detention and given a notice to appear in court. — CBS News, "Trump administration to detain migrant families and children for far longer with new rule," 21 Aug. 2019 Just give him some advance notice when the next megaband rolls through town. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Field Flip: How in 9 days Broncos Stadium changed from The Rolling Stones to the NFL," 19 Aug. 2019 The next month, Orozco called for a special council meeting without giving notice of the meetingâs purpose, in violation of the stateâs Open Public Meetings Act, according to a state Auditorâs Office report. — Lex Talamo, The Seattle Times, "The mayor of Wapato wanted another term. She got 30 votes â and then a piece of the fed-up residentsâ minds.," 10 Aug. 2019 As Brownâs preferred helmet is no longer being actively manufactured, 31 players across the league were given notice before last season that this helmet would no longer be allowed in 2019. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Antonio Brownâs helmet argument mostly silly, but there is some validity," 10 Aug. 2019 Tell schools in advance: Tony McGee, a school superintendent in a district where approximately 15 families were affected by the ICE raids, said his school was not given notice in advance. — NBC News, "What ICE did and did not do for kids left behind by Mississippi raids," 9 Aug. 2019 These systems must make decryption information quickly accessible to law enforcement agencies without notice to the key owners. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Barr says the US needs encryption backdoors to prevent âgoing dark.â Um, what?," 4 Aug. 2019 Trump rejected the advice of Mnuchin and ruled out giving Beijing advance notice of the tariffs during a White House meeting shortly before announcing the move in a tweet. — Fortune, "China Vows to Respond to New Tariffs Threatened by Trump," 2 Aug. 2019 And then, without notice, Le Roux was locked away, captured in a sting operation and unable to access the private keys to a fortune that would be useless to him for years anyway. — Evan Ratliff, WIRED, "Was Bitcoin Created by This International Drug Dealer? Maybe!," 16 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Officers approached the vehicles and immediately noticed a clear plastic bag containing marijuana on the center console of the gray vehicle. — Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston police arrest 2 in Dorchester after K-9 search turns up loaded gun and crack cocaine," 6 Sep. 2019 Pincus sent the tweet on Aug. 24, but noticed Mirandaâs tweet mentioned that heâd been gone. — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, "âHamiltonâ Lin-Manuel Miranda replies to tweet about his State Fair seed art portrait," 6 Sep. 2019 So, while an incoming freshman may turn down an acceptance, a transfer is more likely to accept it, and colleges notice that. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Everything You Should Consider Before You Transfer Colleges," 6 Sep. 2019 More and more, Quinn has noticed facsimiles, developed to douse high-powered college offenses, emerging as robust N.F.L. prospects. — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, "N.F.L.âs Aerial Focus Changes Positions Off the Ball, Too," 5 Sep. 2019 The Bark team couldn't help but notice what a dog-friendly spot the store is, which inspired them to make what are arguably the most important dog toys, like, ever. — Marci Robin, Allure, "Bark Is Launching Glossier Dog Toys, and I Feel Understood on a Spiritual Level," 4 Sep. 2019 Zara, owned by Spanish fashion conglomerate Inditex SA, seems to have been targeted after Chinese social media users noticed several of its Hong Kong stores were closed on Monday. — Fortune, "Zara Counters Social Media Claims Its Workers Back Hong Kong Protests," 3 Sep. 2019 The person trying to eat healthier either gets too pushy or even (sometimes inadvertently) starts guilt-tripping their partner into eating differently, sometimes not even noticing the challenges their partner is dealing with. — SELF, "You Want to Eat Healthier. Your Partner Does Not. Here's How to Handle That," 3 Sep. 2019 The vote had been delayed about two months over customer noticing concerns. — Lila Seidman, Glendale News-Press, "Many Foothills residents will have higher water bills in September," 30 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'notice.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.