expect
Usage
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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? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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Emily Bary dug into the company’s results and looked ahead at what investors can expect for Apple’s profit margins in the coming quarters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Their 2025 tax returns were not available because, as he has done most years, the governor filed for an extension with the Internal Revenue Service and he doesn’t expect to file until October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
If anything, expect much more unhinged measures in the name of a cure-all.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Long-dated rates sit at multidecade highs, and we expect policymakers to remain wary of shifts that would drive up term premium and raise borrowing costs further,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Good. I must leave. We can’t be seen exiting together. Wait here for ten minutes. I expect you back at the Park this evening. We have work to do.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Newell expects 2%-to-3% sales growth in the third quarter, with normalized earnings per share anticipated at 18 cents to 20 cents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The company is stockpiling components ahead of schedule, but expects the benefit to diminish in future quarters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He expects Vantage RE’s portfolio to expand by 40% to 1.2GW by 2030 from its current 908MW, supported by a pipeline of wind and battery storage projects in the U.K. and Ireland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Novo Nordisk expects operating profit to decline by between 4% and 12% at constant exchange rates in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Miss McDaniels, our club sponsor, expects me to “pay it forward” and be a buddy for someone who’s new this year.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
Indonesia’s inflation data for July set for Monday is expected to stay modest at 3.32%, ANZ economists said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Infantino has twice been re-elected unopposed, and it was expected the same thing would happen again next March.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The WMO's outlook shows that through October, nearly every land mass on Earth is expected to be hotter than normal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted EPS of $5.55 on sales of $62.7 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
She stared defiantly toward Jonah, as if she expected him to spring to her side, to link arms and agree: “Yeah! What she said!”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting $3.49 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
If you buy Nike, you’ve got to say you’re expecting a real turnaround, when actually you’ve got people like Amer and all these other people coming for Nike’s lunch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
"I came here expecting a lot from myself and I really wanted to score like 6,600 or 6,700 and open up my season because that's the shape I felt I was in," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting a profit of EUR670.7 million on EUR29.55 billion in revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He typed Win Keegan into the menu, expecting the folder he saw yesterday to appear again, but the search results read There are zero files with that name.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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