expect
Usage
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The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
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Between the Dodgers’ position in the standings, and the amount of talent they expect coming off the injured list, however, they don’t need to add Skubal to still be widely considered World Series favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The adviser’s view is that they expect to evaluate the situation annually.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We now expect to deliver the upper end of our updated group guidance ranges,” Vodafone said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bets on a hike have risen over the past week, though analysts expect officials to stand pat on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“I saw the fire from the plane. I could not believe it. I did not expect it to be like that, that the whole city would burn like that. None of us did.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
But Nelson expects that if he and his colleagues select a stock early enough in the company’s growth cycle, the P/E multiple will increase.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Paramount has told investors it expects $6 billion in annual synergies within three years of combining operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Nelson said he expects continuing rapid growth for Sterling, not only from the build-out of data centers but from an “onshoring trend” in semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Each family who placed a love one in care as a last resort expects them to be treated with respect and dignity," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“No one expects us to have any honor. Everyone knows we lie.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Still, the heat is expected to again increase Friday through Sunday, prompting more advisories later this week, Lewis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Hundreds of victim impact statements are expected to be read over the course of the week.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
GDP, the official scorecard of the U.S. economy, is expected to expand at a 2.1% annual rate for the second quarter in a row.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Netanyahu is expected to attend the funeral and meet with Trump, a win for the prime minister after weeks of lobbying for a White House sit-down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The men went happily on their way, relieved that nothing had happened when they had expected the worst.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
So, off the IL alone, the Dodgers are expecting to add two well-established starters, a closer, and a versatile position player in the second half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Markets see a one-in-three chance of a rate hike in July, with most on Wall Street expecting that the central bank will wait until September.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Villa were expecting the 20-year-old to move this summer - they hijacked a transfer to Newcastle - and had they not signed him, he would have been out of their reach in the future.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting $4.83 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I can’t help you,” he said, adding with a gleeful turn of the knife, “I gotta go. Josey is expecting me.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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