notifications

noun

plural of notification
as in announcements
a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest a notification posted by the health board that its inspectors had cited the restaurant for several violations

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Recent Examples of notifications This includes a blood pressure check, similar to Apple’s Hypertension notifications, as well as monitoring for insulin resistance. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026 Google says message notifications from favorite contacts are among the capabilities planned for HiLight later. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Police did not release the names, ages or genders of the victims, saying next-of-kin notifications were underway. — Reuters, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 Download the free IndyStar app and turn on notifications to get breaking news and sports alerts. — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 14 Aug. 2026 The app now requires age verification and allows parents to opt in to receive notifications. — Megan Kelly, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 Phones across the Pirriwee Peninsula vibrated ecstatically with the ping-ping-ping of parent WhatsApp group notifications. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Workers have registered their numbers to get paid through mobile money transactions, signed attendance sheets and waited for payment notifications, but only some were eventually paid. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 As in other states, the plan would require additional notifications after biometric data security breaches. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for notifications
  1. announcements
  2. advertisements
  3. ads
  4. releases
  5. bulletins
  6. postings
Noun
  • Spending tens of thousands of dollars for speedy access to those market-moving announcements could be a no-brainer for high-frequency trading firms.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Neither of Monday’s announcements are likely to immediately impact American diets, which are packed with fats, sodium and sugar and are blamed for a host of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of announcements
Noun
  • On the Republican side, many primary candidates leaned into immigration, spending tens of millions on advertisements that mention or were solely focused on the issue, according to data from the firm AdImpact.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That has sparked debates about whether disclosure rules for political advertisements should apply to content creators, who are expected to play prominent roles in the upcoming midterms and the 2028 presidential election.
    — Sophie Austin, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of advertisements
Noun
  • Alongside ads for a multitude of products such as cars and shampoo, the giant billboards have become familiar sights to the people of Tehran in recent years.
    — Max Butterworth, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But critics argue that many of these ads are purposefully created to be deceptive — especially deepfakes that seek to use someone else’s likeness and put words in their mouth.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ads
Noun
  • Ariana Grande Reaches 10 Charting Projects Grande is up to a milestone 10 charting releases on several of the lists where Petal debuts this time around.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Kavukcuoglu had been taking on broader responsibilities from Hassabis over the past year, including directing model development and presenting major Gemini releases, a person close to the DeepMind team told CNBC last week.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of releases
Noun
  • An executive order followed in August 2025, then OCC bulletins in September telling banks to base service decisions on objective risk.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sky will also have to commission a proportion of programmes made outside London, and honour the contract for ITN’s news bulletins for ITV until 2031.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 July 2026
Definition of bulletins
Noun
  • For example, remote job postings have surged 22% in the second quarter of 2026, according to FlexJobs’ Remote Economy Index.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Two dozen job categories are listed, advising applicants that the postings will remain open until August 7 or 14.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of postings

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