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.
Example Sentences
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She doesn’t expect many more agreements with drug companies, saying the administration “has achieved their near-term goals in terms of making deals.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
“We do not rule out other changes in due course but expect to wait until after the CEO role is handed over, and envisage continuity via the CFO role,” Citi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The scientists expect that continued exploration of these forests will uncover additional species, potentially revealing more unexpected forms and evolutionary histories.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
You’d expect long faces nursing their drinks, but it’s often the opposite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
“What—babies were flying the plane? You expect me to believe that? ‘
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The company also expects adjusted earnings per share to grow 7% to 7.5% for the full year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The ratings company expects Meituan’s Ebitda to remain under pressure in 2026, while the Chinese delivery platform’s free cash flow is likely to only turn positive in 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Looking forward into 2027, the Goldman portfolio strategy research team expects bond yields and the health of the labor market to determine how much stock households invest in.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
“RMS expects production to increase quarter-on-quarter with higher grade mine sequencing planned at both Dalgaranga and Cue,” which should reduce costs, Redfern says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
But I notice that Windy keeps looking at the door like she expects security forces to come busting through.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
Verizon Communications just posted its best third-quarter performance in years on a key subscriber metric — and more than double what Wall Street had expected.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
SK Hynix is also expected to announce additional shareholder returns during its quarterly earnings call later this week, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
If and when that ever happens, no one will have expected it.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
The first phase of the major overhaul is expected to be finished by spring 2027.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
It’s my first time downstairs, and it’s cozier than I expected.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Consensus expectations are for sales growth of 8.7%, but major investors the analysts have talked to are expecting something closer to 13% to 14%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
It was three days after the primary and they were expecting no more than a few dozen.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
"I wasn't expecting that," said Antonelli's engineer Peter Bonnington, emphasising that his charge's first lap in final qualifying was good enough for pole.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Bank of Korea releases third-quarter gross domestic product data Tuesday, with some analysts expecting growth to have accelerated on strong semiconductor exports and investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
But he was clearly expecting Jonah to pass it over without any problem.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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