hope
Usage
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To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. 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? Await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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After the strikes, WCK suspended its operations in Gaza; two other nongovernmental organizations, American Near East Refugee Aid and Project HOPE, did too.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024
HOPE: The Rams’ defense is the best in the NFL by nearly every significant measure, with Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey leading a deep, versatile group under wunderkind coordinator Brandon Staley.
From Washington Times • Jan. 7, 2021
Two people with extensive international experience — Richard Jonas, a pediatric heart surgeon, and Walsh, whose father founded Project HOPE, the global health organization — signed on to be this year’s co-chairs.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2020
When she was seven, they spent a year in Sri Lanka so that he could work with Project HOPE.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018
Do you think it is still okay to HOPE?
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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