as in informed
to give information to
let me apprise you of the current situation
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Recent Examples of apprised
Students, particularly younger ones, aren’t always apprised of their family’s actual economic and housing situation.
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Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
Tracy Zarembinski also followed Richard’s progress on CaringBridge — and kept her son apprised over the next few months.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
Purushotham argued that build versus buy is often not an either/or, though his team stays apprised of what Citi’s 30,000 software developers are working on.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Ig Nobel apprised The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate achievements that make people laugh, then think.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
The acclaimed independent filmmaker, who has also taught film at Bard College for nearly two decades, spoke to Vogue last week about the noteworthy events at the edge of the action, the artist who inspired Mooney’s wardrobe, and the materials that apprised O’Connor of 1970 America.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
The fountain’s ninety-six-year-old creator was not apprised of the work’s impending destruction but instead was alerted by his children, who had read about it online.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025
And those talks are underway, and the president is very much on the ball and is being apprised of this situation.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Most of the cases presented took place during the 80s and 90s in Korea, before the internet, streaming video, and mobile devices kept us so apprised of manmade horrors being perpetrated on the other side of the world.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprised
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Local fire and government authorities are notified prior to burn days and kept informed throughout prescribed fire operations.—
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She was later informed by a paramedic that her mother, Michele, had also been found dead inside.—
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Drivers are advised to use extra caution this morning, allow greater following distance, and allow extra time to reach your destination.—
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Its co-chairman Leonard Leo has privately advised the governor on Florida Supreme Court appointments.—
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But law enforcement experts told CNN the dragging incident last summer could have affected his decision-making – though how such an experience impacts law enforcement varies from officer to officer.—
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Chew told jurors that neither the Cryptpad documents nor the prosecution’s surveillance videos shown during Baker’s opening could be considered evidence during opening statements.—
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“Apprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprised. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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