anticipatory
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“This seeming anomaly forces a reminder that commodity futures are anticipatory, and it is obvious that the speculative entities are expecting an elimination of the large crude deficit that currently exists.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
It felt like he had that level of power, and everyone essentially acquiesced and you had this sort of anticipatory obedience.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Beth Hope, an executive coach, says "Sunday blues" are very common and usually come from anticipatory stress, where the brain predicts a high demand on Monday and "activates the stress response early".
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
Asked why the numbers were not higher, Pace highlighted "anticipatory action, being ready".
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
“Permanent, year-round populations could be established only in the presence of an anticipatory engineering of water supplies.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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