early warning

British  

noun

1. advance notice of some impending event or development

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Example Sentences

The SocGen team, led by Pierre Bergeron, also worried about a lack of transparency on asset quality, “making it harder to detect early warning signs of stress.”

From MarketWatch

There's been the recent arrival of Wildcat helicopters fitted with short range air defence missiles and Merlin helicopters with Early Warning Radar.

From BBC

This radar allows it to detect and track potential targets at long ranges to provide an early warning of possible threats during combat operations.

From BBC

Whatever the outcome of the talks, hopes of a military campaign that is both quick and decisive are fading, and there are early warning signs that the Iran war has succumbed to some of the same pitfalls that plagued Iraq and other overseas conflicts, including questions over unclear aims, insufficient planning for contingencies, and overly optimistic assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s a problem only if vehicle ownership turns out to be like cable television subscriptions, where a departure by the young was an early warning sign.

From Barron's