alert
adjective
fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen.
Example Sentences
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The post did not cause major news outlets to send alerts.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
A few hours later, Russia said its equivalent app had also issued false alerts, with both countries claiming their systems had been hacked.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The alerts blare out day and night in almost all regions of the country.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Those firms’ automatic alerts began to flood the offices of their clients, many of the world’s biggest crypto investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Think of the colon as a traffic cop that alerts you about road conditions up ahead.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
