notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnō-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
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Examples of notification in a Sentence
I was given no notification that you received my payment.
You will be sent a written notification.
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Watch Duty sends users push notifications about new and spreading fire, giving them vital time to prepare.
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For those dependent on power-reliant medical equipment, PG&E’s Medical Baseline Program offers crucial extra notifications before power shutoffs and lower energy rates.
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Changes to schedules are communicated before 6 a.m. via the district’s emergency telephone notification system.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Watch Duty sends users push notifications about new and spreading fire, giving them vital time to prepare.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
For those dependent on power-reliant medical equipment, PG&E’s Medical Baseline Program offers crucial extra notifications before power shutoffs and lower energy rates.
—Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Changes to schedules are communicated before 6 a.m. via the district’s emergency telephone notification system.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Notification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notification. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnōt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
1
: the act or an instance of notifying
2
: written or printed matter that gives notice
Medical Definition
notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnōt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
: the act or an instance of notifying
especially
: the act of reporting the occurrence of a communicable disease or of an individual affected with such a disease
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