be expected

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Yet it "pulls fewer punches than might be expected", he added, regarding its social commentary on technology.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

For the most part, it’s been extremely top-heavy—which was always to be expected as the expanded 48-team field pulled in more minnows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

So if SpaceX’s stock is up 8%, as it was as of Tuesday afternoon, the corresponding “long” 2x leveraged ETFs would be expected to rise about 16%.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

For American men living in the wealthiest 10 percent of counties in the U.S., she says, “they would be expected to live another 9.2 years at 80.”

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

Moreover, Hamilton’s complaint—that he could hardly be expected to remember everything he had said over “the course of a fifteen year competition”—inadvertently opened up a whole new and much larger field of conflict.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis