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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As Stella said: "It's only now, and we are mid-season, that we are starting to have the required tools in order to be able to anticipate, optimise, and study these sensitivities."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“While we anticipated some supply chain-related impact in our expectations, we did not anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
While some supply-chain-related impact to IBM’s prior expectations were foreseen, “we did not anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization,” Krishna said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Legislative Analyst’s Office does not anticipate the measure to result in direct state or local costs because the costs are meant to be covered by homeowners’ mortgage payments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
He wasn’t sure what he’d get when he typed “Tsvishn Veltn, Yiddish theater” into Google, but he certainly did not anticipate getting a result on the first page.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Now he anticipates removing drywall and ripping out the floors entirely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The company said it anticipates adjusted Ebitda for the second quarter of roughly $4.03 billion, and revenue for the three months of about $20.23 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The company anticipates that capacity and infrastructure will only become more constrained going forward as AI demand increases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, now anticipates one interest rate hike by year-end.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Phaistos disk anticipates humanity’s next efforts at printing, which similarly used cut type or blocks but applied them to paper with ink, not to clay without ink.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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From the highly anticipated conclusion to Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy to a new memoir from the author of ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ here are 10 must-read books hitting shelves this July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The company expects content expenses to increase 10% for the full year, although revenue is anticipated to grow more quickly, at a 13% to 14% clip.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The world number 18 anticipated the US Open at Shinnecock Hills would be his final major of the year, with his wife Caroline expecting their second child on 14 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The impact of the conflict on the global economy has been smaller than feared when it began in late February, largely because energy prices didn’t rise as sharply as many economists anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Instead of the soaring ride he had anticipated, he made a slow, graceful half circle, heels over head, and thudded down on his back in the grass.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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“We’re anticipating those waves to kind of stay elevated through at least Tuesday.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
A classic one - are you anticipating that doing this task is going to be very difficult, challenging or stressful?
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Modi is set to receive a rock-star welcome when he fronts a community rally at a stadium in Melbourne later on Thursday, with organisers anticipating more than 20,000 people could flock to the event.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
But that’s not what the bank is anticipating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
He’s smiling now, waving his phone to show you he’s been anticipating this moment.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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