- present tense form of anticipate (3rd person singular).
anticipates
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ING anticipates the measures to result in a cost reduction of around 75 million euros a year, fully effective from 2028 onward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
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 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
It now anticipates earnings per share to be $7.80 to $7.95, up from $7.35 to $7.50.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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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