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.
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"Europe has twice been caught asleep – failing to anticipate and prepare for predictable events," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Because things are going to play out in ways and timing and things that we can’t anticipate, so be as prepared as we can be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
This process helps people interpret what they see and hear, anticipate events, and coordinate their actions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The same capabilities that make A.I. agents useful for complicated business or technical functions make them freakishly good at getting around whatever constraints we place on them, in ways we don’t anticipate.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
They had learned to anticipate how he would hook his thumbs behind the tiny black catch buttons of his suspenders.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Lilly has already raised its outlook twice this year, starting the year with an outlook that anticipates revenue between $80 billion and $83 billion in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The company anticipates average liquefied-natural-gas selling prices to rise in the fourth quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Like-for-like net revenue in the North America region fell 1.3% in the quarter, and the company said it anticipates a rebound from Lysol and North America in the fourth quarter as it resolves the issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The International Energy Agency anticipates a 25-percent copper supply deficit by 2035 if new deposits are not developed worldwide.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
When asked what she expects of her time in Louisiana, she gives the same answer, again and again: She anticipates she will only be there for two years.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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On last week’s “Real Time,” following his second dinner with Trump, Maher anticipated more criticism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
So what’s making “GTA 6” the most hotly anticipated game of the year — if not the past decade?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
If the warming rate measured over the past decade continues, researchers warn that the planet could cross that threshold on a long-term basis sooner than previously anticipated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Ijoma gives the example of Final Fantasy VII. First released in 1997, it got a highly anticipated remake in 2020.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
C.P. had heard this one often enough so that, against his will and much to his dismay, he anticipated each line before the lyrics were actually sung.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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I’m still anticipating, even more now, that coming true.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
A week before the Deitch show opened, he was still anticipating what it might become.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
In her research, women assumed a disproportionate share of this mental labor, particularly the responsibility for anticipating needs and keeping track of whether tasks had been completed.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
During the early days of the bull market, Citrini established its reputation by correctly anticipating several popular investment themes, from AI to the advent of GLP-1s.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Mismatched remnants of other carpets were positioned in front of the sofa and chairs, like individual welcome mats anticipating where a person’s feet would contact the floor.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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