hope
Usage
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To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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“So we think and we hope there will never be a merger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The researchers hope the work will eventually provide clues that make it easier to detect and study rocky exoplanets beyond the solar system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
But first, he wrote, “we hope all parties can find some reconciliation and understanding.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
But despite the challenges, his hope is that workplace changes will "trickle through businesses" in time.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“It’s on the wrong eye. That one you have it on—and I really hope this does not come as a shock—has no eyeball.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Jail Time Records hopes it can replicate the success of the original New Bell studio, with its accompanying label, music video production arm and now, award-winning documentary.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
On offense, the coach hopes to get the ball in the hands of Wallace as much as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
This time will be different, the council hopes, as it envisions a subscription-based model whereby vendors pay a fee to access batteries and charging stations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
By pairing these therapies with weight-loss medications, Yancopoulos hopes to focus on the quality of weight reduction so patients get stronger rather than just thinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It was time to execute their plan: visit all the known locations of the Bayahíbe rose, in hopes that one might point them to the Nightbeast.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Paramount had hoped to have the deal closed this month or at least before the late fee penalty was triggered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I believe I can help complete some of the very important legislative business that Hubert hoped to finish,” Muriel said at the time.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
But by January 2023 Google had shut down the service, saying it "hadn't gained the traction with users, external", the company had hoped.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Taisiia Obod, a 21-year-old political science student, also hoped Fedorov would remain "within government" and that momentum for his "reforms and initiatives" would be maintained.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
My personal effects in tow, the three of us walk next door where Theo has, as I’d hoped and predicted, left his door unlocked.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
"For the Chinese mathematics community, this is a dream we have been hoping to realise for decades," said Shing-Tung Yau, the first ethnic Chinese Fields medallist.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
I mumbled, “This place reminds me of New York,” hoping that would end the dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many countries were likely hoping the worst of trade wars are behind them, he said, but some may now have doubts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
If you’re flying this weekend, here’s hoping we avoid a repeat of last weekend’s mass cancellations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They found ways to throw us together, hoping we would stick like they had.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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