anticipatory

Example Sentences

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The judge said specific performance could be available in a situation involving an actual breach or an anticipatory breach of the contract.

From Los Angeles Times

Asked why the numbers were not higher, Pace highlighted "anticipatory action, being ready".

From Barron's

For those feeling unsatisfied with their current lives, anticipatory nostalgia can decrease anxiety while enhancing the meaningfulness of the moment.

From Los Angeles Times

A moment of anticipatory transition is frozen, made perpetual.

From Los Angeles Times

The mainstream news media as an institution appears to have chosen a strategy of anticipatory obedience and compliance, if not collaboration, in normalizing Trumpism and his attempts to become the country’s first elected dictator.

From Salon