anticipated

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Despite its rocky jobs report for the month of February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics came out Friday with better-than-expected employment projections for March: 178,000 new positions added—almost triple the amount non-government economists had anticipated.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

He anticipated that the mission would later afford him a view with the Moon in the foreground and Earth hanging in the distance.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The Rams anticipated these expenses and adjusted spending to put themselves in position to lock in their top relatively young talent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Net sales ticked up 3% to $1.56 billion and topped the $1.49 billion Wall Street had anticipated.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

But that time Úrsula had anticipated his feverish designs.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez