in expectation

Example Sentences

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However, since those first few weeks of the conflict, risk assets have rallied powerfully in expectation of some kind of negotiated compromise between the warring parties and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Options investors are pricing Wednesday’s reports from Amazon.com, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft, and Thursday’s report from Apple, in expectation the stocks will rally.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

In recent months, speculative investors have been buying up permits in expectation of tightening supply, said Guadalupe Ruiz, principal carbon analyst at OPIS.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Lenders have been reducing rates on new fixed deals in expectation that UK interest rates will fall further.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

Each one of them looked at Singer as though in expectation.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers