be expected
Example Sentences
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“It is to be expected that regulators would closely examine any funds that are high profile, produce significant returns, or have particularly dramatic drawdowns,” a spokesman for Situational Awareness said in an email.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Uncertainty remains, but for now all is as well as can be expected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The remark reveals Antonelli's sense of humour, but also a maturity and self-awareness that might not always be expected in someone so young.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In theory, natural selection might be expected to gradually remove traits that produce such disadvantages.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then, as slowly as might be expected from any lady no longer in her first, or even her second, youth, she climbed down from the driver's seat to the wet earth.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
