- past tense form of anticipate.
- past participle of anticipate.
anticipated
Example Sentences
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Over the last four years, five studios — Disney, Universal, Sony, Warner Bros. and Paramount — have accounted for about 95% of all anticipated top-grossing theatrical films, according to the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The analysis revealed a much larger collection of immune peptides than scientists had anticipated.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Les Bleus went into Tuesday's eagerly anticipated semi-final as overwhelming favourites having cruised through the tournament, with the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Michael Olise making them an attacking force to be feared.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Analysts had anticipated a larger 3.8 percent CPI uptick, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
If someone had asked her, a month or even a week before, to guess what she might have felt, she might have anticipated a sliver of gloating, or at least a moment of holier-than-thou.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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