expectation
Example Sentences
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Their expectation is that AI will meet the same fate as past capex booms.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Former British number one Annabel Croft said a lot of players "would not be able to live up to the expectation" of walking out in custom made outfits like Osaka's.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“The market was positioned as a flagship host city but is now absorbing a gap between expectation and reality.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Another measure, from the New York Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations, is close to its lows for respondents’ expectation that if they lost their job, they would find another within three months.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
She continued to study me behind glasses that seemed to make her eyes big and owlish and full of expectation.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
Vocabulary lists containing expectation
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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