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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They reiterate their view that consumers’ ongoing shift to the value end of the market is structural and now anticipate Telstra losing 18,000 postpaid subscribers a year in the medium-to-long term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
What struck me from my conversation with Wilson and other executives was the way AI has altered their thinking on how to anticipate future technologies that are on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I anticipate a lot of criticism,” Rideaux admits, adding that 10 years in the music industry have prepared him for the scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
As Berceren explains, “This means long-term yields can remain elevated even when markets anticipate rate cuts.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
"And we estimate it would take four trips back and forth. But that's all an edge case. We don't anticipate any problems with the docking process."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
He anticipates that both will use their mobility to make plays if the pocket collapses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
For the full year, Cisco anticipates $72.2 billion to $73.4 billion of revenue, also blowing past Wall Street expectations of $69.1 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said he anticipates that campaigns will more fully understand and use AI to its full extent in the next two election cycles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The company anticipates earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization excluding one-time items to be between 5.9 billion and 6.3 billion euros, with growth of up to 3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
But in the end she wasn't as homesick as she'd anticipated.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Recent carrier deployments have repeatedly stretched beyond their original anticipated duration, suggesting that extended deployments may be becoming a feature rather than an exception of the Navy’s force-generation model,” Blumenthal wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Analysts had anticipated a win for Farage but underestimated the appeal of the self-styled "intergalactic space warrior" from planet Sigma IX, who campaigns wearing a rubbish bin on his head.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Corporate earnings overall have come in stronger than investors anticipated, easing concerns that the market is dependent on a handful of heavy-spending AI firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
She had done her best to be prepared, but had not anticipated the crazy people.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
After several movie announcements at San Diego Comic-Con last month, fans had been anticipating Marvel’s D23 presentation would focus on its series slate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Not only that - I got up this morning anticipating being in the audience, on your behalf, for a Farage victory speech, here in Clacton, and then doing an interview him afterwards.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Fans have been anticipating their doubles reunion since Serena announced her return to competitive tennis in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In fact, I found myself humming along the interstate at 80 mph, anticipating, even dreading the moment the gas engine refired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Bobby Gene sighed, no doubt anticipating the lecture that was coming.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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