Thesaurus results for ADMONITORY

admonitory

adjective

əd-ˈmä-nə-ˌtȯr-ē

Definition of admonitory

as in warning

serving as or offering a warning admonitory articles abound around Halloween, warning parents of the hazards of trick-or-treating

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Recent Examples of admonitory And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged. — John Liu, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023 Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022 The majority of the pieces were delivered as lectures at churches, seminaries and universities; thus, most have the distinctly instructive and at times admonitory tone of that kind of educational talk to an audience. — Kathleen Rooney, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018

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The bureau also will post more warning notices at 750 livestock sale facilities and review other potential changes to federal regulations.

— SCOTT SONNER, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
In response, statistical authorities around the world could do little but issue warning press releases.

— Andrew Whitby, Time, 17 Apr. 2020

Definition of warning

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Short lived acquisition Once seen as a blueprint for Chinese startups seeking global reach, Manus has become a cautionary tale for companies squeezed between regulators in Beijing and Washington.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Those who have chronicled Bakker’s story have often cast it as a cautionary tale.

— Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

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