anticipation
Example Sentences
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ASML’s valuation may have contracted recently, but there is reason to believe it will start expanding again in the new year, as investors start buying again in anticipation of another growth cycle.
From MarketWatch
That’s enough to sell a few hundred million dollars in tickets this summer and make me giddy with anticipation.
From Los Angeles Times
Ending any beloved series comes with both anticipation and a lot of critics.
From BBC
While shoppers had greeted him in his old delivery job with anticipation, now as a return worker they hand over packages with a measure of ambivalence and perhaps, relief.
The Journal reported that in anticipation of the increase, restaurants halted hiring and scaled back hours.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.