expectation
Example Sentences
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“What you are seeing here is a market moving on the expectation of economic recovery and being buoyed by lower interest rates,” Edward Kershner, a market strategist at PaineWebber Group, told The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The company cited an expectation for continued strength in its food safety segment.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
She added that the president’s expectation is that the waterway will be “reopened immediately, quickly and safely.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Even so, such interventions can still produce real effects through expectation, shared experience, and social connection.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
I was a wife and not a candidate, obviously, so perhaps the expectation was for me to provide more lightness, more fluff.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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