anticipate
Usage
What are other ways to say anticipate?
To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? To expect something implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. To 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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“But we don’t anticipate any sort of change in the supply environment in the near term here. It’s probably more in terms of ‘28.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Tesla trades lower even as investors anticipate the potential entry of Cybercab into the company’s fleet of self-driving cabs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
When doors open — the company is targeting late 2026 — anticipate a walk-around, floor-to-ceiling experience that pays homage to the art of cinema with a sci-fi, psychedelic-like bent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Yardeni: We have been recommending staying home over going global since 2010, and that worked well until last year, when going global outperformed and we did not fully anticipate the rotation away from the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Charles always connected the letter and the telegram the way we group two deaths and anticipate a third.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Despite the struggle to contain the jihadists, no-one anticipates Africa Corps leaving the Sahel any time soon.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
That’s not to say that the reform would be easy: Sanders’ bill anticipates a four-year transition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Our Constitution anticipates that there will be clashes between the branches of our government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
But the problem Edwards anticipates is that, while stretched equity valuations themselves may not trigger a bear market, they render markets highly susceptible to bad news.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Phaistos disk anticipates humanity’s next efforts at printing, which similarly used cut type or blocks but applied them to paper with ink, not to clay without ink.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Raman anticipated all of this when she jumped into the race, she told supporters on primary night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Some analysts have been sanguine about the risk, assuming that anticipated higher rates are already discounted by asset prices.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
"What surprised us was that the calving instead followed a different fracture, producing a smaller ice island than we had originally anticipated," Garbo said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Private companies added 38,000 employees to payrolls in August, a slowdown from July and fewer than economists had anticipated, according to the latest survey from ADP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Most agreed that the massive waves that had knocked out the power at Fukushima Daiichi should have been anticipated.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The chip maker late Wednesday reported revenue of $29.6 billion for the July quarter, up 86% from the previous year, and above the $29.2 billion that analysts tracked by FactSet had been anticipating.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Some in China are testing products from Chinese vendors such as Huawei, Black Sesame and Horizon Robotics, anticipating that Washington could extend export restrictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Even so, the research provides another glimpse into changes that may occur long before Alzheimer's becomes clinically visible and underscores the value of basic research aimed at understanding and, eventually, anticipating the disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
“We’re anticipating scenarios we haven’t seen before in the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Boseman was not the most intelligent fellow but had a knack for anticipating Ridgeway’s wishes in a manner equal parts indispensable and eerie.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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