prospect
Example Sentences
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But the prospect of a job interview seems so far beyond his capacities he wonders if he’ll end up living on the street.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Nearly a million of those displaced are in Ituri province, where the prospect of the epidemic spreading throughout the camps has sparked alarm.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Bonds have rebounded in recent days, with the prospect of a Middle East peace deal also driving down oil prices and lifting stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
On the other hand, the prospect of a "super" El Niño predicted this autumn - a warming of the Pacific Ocean that occurs every few years - could lead to more turmoil.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
It was such an unthinkable prospect that the only responses I could imagine him having were melodramatic and improbable.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing prospect
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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A Doll's House
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