early warning
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Linh told The Times she will push for mandatory modernization of utility infrastructure to prevent power lines from sparking fires, invest in forest and vegetation management and modernize water infrastructure and early warning systems.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The agency helped countries develop early warning systems to ensure that infectious disease outbreaks were rapidly detected and contained before they risked spreading to our borders.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Less than three weeks before it burst, Indian and Swiss disaster experts journeyed to South Lhonak Lake to put up a weather monitoring station, the first step toward installing an early warning system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
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 • Mar. 31, 2026
American wizards once kept Clabberts in their gardens to give early warning of approaching Muggles, but the International Confederation of Wizards has introduced fines which have largely ended this practice.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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