- present tense form of anticipate (3rd person singular).
anticipates
Example Sentences
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He said he anticipates that campaigns will more fully understand and use AI to its full extent in the next two election cycles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The group still anticipates adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization after leases of around 47.5 billion euros and adjusted earnings per share at around 2.20 euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
EU regulations mean EasyJet's owners will have to be majority EU-based, which Apollo anticipates can be achieved by making the Haji-Ioannou family, and other EU-based shareholders, owners of around half of the business.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Novo, which had been expected to release its second-quarter results on Wednesday, said it now anticipates adjusted sales growth for the year will be flat or as much as 6% lower, at constant exchange rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 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
