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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alerted someone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to indicate that you informed or notified someone about something important or urgent.
Example: "I alerted someone in the security team about the suspicious activity in the building."
Alternatives: "notified someone" or "informed someone".
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Should they have alerted someone?
Should she have alerted someone?
That should have alerted someone, but who paid attention to camp kids?
People would fight, kill for such a catch, and the screeching might've alerted someone.
Had she alerted someone immediately, medics might have been able to administer narcan – a medication that reverses the effects of an opiate overdose – and save Joseph's life.
My best friend died almost 4 years ago and it was only recently that I thought, if I had known that he was going to end his life, maybe I could have alerted someone.
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I called them every name I could think of, hoping to alert someone who might overhear me.
Like a door knock, an acknowledgement of country is a simple and courteous way to alert someone of your presence.
Ultimately, it seemed that the only way not to go down alone was to alert someone with power and influence.
Would you be sabotaging your idea by alerting someone to it who is well placed to copy it?
I began looking for a call button, a way of alerting someone that I required a bucket.
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