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hoping

adjective as in believing

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Many investors were hoping that Target would bring in an external hire to replace Cornell.

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Mr Denny said the publisher may decide to "sit on it" for six months or a year, hoping for a better time to put it out.

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When their rapacious cousin Charles appears, hoping to find buried treasure in the house and romancing the “pink and white and golden” Constance, Merricat takes drastic action.

Startups funded by Silicon Valley billionaires are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases and improve the chances for preferred traits.

"Hopefully...this was a lesson learned, and I'm hoping that even if it happens in January, that it would be a short one," said Hardwick.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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