expectations
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"I want to say broadly over the month or so that's transpired since then, the world has broadly conformed to our expectations."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Overall, TotalEnergies’ indicators read well compared with consensus expectations, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
She was a very multidimensional person, especially in her time when I think there was a lot of very narrow-minded expectations of what a woman should be like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
When listening to someone speak, for example, the brain can use the words already heard to form expectations about what is likely to follow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
But he saw this because he trusted only his own observations; he wasn’t blinded by his expectations.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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