anticipate
Usage
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To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? To expect something implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. To 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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This makes it significantly harder to interrupt the propagation of an AI-driven computer worm, because you have to anticipate all the possible vulnerabilities the devices might present.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Rams coach Sean McVay says he doesn’t anticipate Myles Garrett practicing this week after being eligible to return from injured reserve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
With a successful domestic industry facing competition from abroad, you might anticipate calls for the government to provide financial support.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“The enhancements we made this quarter supported sales conversion, and we anticipate further gains over time,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
All the contingencies we couldn’t anticipate are running through my head as I think of how slender the plan is that we’ve rested all our hopes on.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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He also anticipates $250 billion of capital expenditures, or long-term spending on heavy infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
GEO Group said it anticipates receiving $705 million in proceeds from the sales, after taxes and transaction fees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
He anticipates intense interest in artificial intelligence and the infrastructure behind it, particularly data centers.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
The university said it "anticipates the majority of classes will run as normal" from Monday and that it would seek to minimise the impact of strike action on students.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“He anticipates it constantly when you’re abroad,” she said.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Stripping out the one-time items, J&J’s adjusted per-share earnings were $2.59, ahead of the $2.52 anticipated by analysts, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Gross profit is anticipated to come in at €6.57 billion, or $7.35 billion, which would mark an increase of 69% year-on-year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
"Everyone was hoping... this would be a game changer. And we continue to believe that it absolutely has the potential," although corporate engagement had been "slower" than anticipated, said Schomaker.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“With El Niño, we expect more storms. They built the timeline around anticipated storms to the best in our ability,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Perhaps a Shao Lin priest could have anticipated some of the more exaggerated movements, but these men were hardly trained adversaries.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Natural gas futures settled up 1% to $3.066 per mmBtu for the day, with analysts anticipating that this week’s EIA storage report will show smaller-than-usual builds in natural gas storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"That marks a dramatic shift in expectations from before the US-Iran war at the start of the year, when markets were anticipating at least 100 basis points of rate cuts over the same period."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In the case of the theft statute, it is easy to imagine the legislators’ anticipating that new forms of personal property would come into use and would merit the same protection as older items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"I have been quite explicit to say there is unlikely to be a legacy because I'm anticipating spending it all."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
I imagined Mr. Pirzada’s daughters rising from sleep, tying ribbons in their hair, anticipating breakfast, preparing for school.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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