alert
adjective
fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen.
Example Sentences
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The 13 September incident did not trigger air threat alerts.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Saudi civil defence had earlier issued short-lived air-raid alerts in six regions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
With AI and other tools, Yoran said, teams that could triage a few hundred daily security alerts can now process a few thousand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The California attorney general in February opened a civil rights investigation into potential disparities in the fire response, looking particularly at delays in evacuation alerts and resource allocation between west and east Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
A bird perched just a few feet from me alerts me that a new day is dawning.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
