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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Analyst Chris Savage doesn’t necessarily anticipate any sort of material beat or upgrade to guidance, although he does point out that the dual-listed company has a track record of lifting its outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Rams coach Sean McVay says he doesn’t anticipate Myles Garrett practicing this week after being eligible to return from injured reserve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
With a successful domestic industry facing competition from abroad, you might anticipate calls for the government to provide financial support.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Christine Idzelis compared this year’s jump in yields with previous periods of bond-market turmoil and considered whether bond investors are overshooting the mark as they anticipate further interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
I anticipate rewards for goodness, and wait for the ax of punishment to fall upon evil, in spite of the years I’ve rocked in this cradle of rewarded evils and murdered goodness.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
GEO Group said it anticipates receiving $705 million in proceeds from the sales, after taxes and transaction fees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Miljand, the Metaplanet managing partner, has been trying to figure out how to use the proceeds the firm anticipates from an Anthropic IPO that could top $2 trillion in support of humanity, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He anticipates intense interest in artificial intelligence and the infrastructure behind it, particularly data centers.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
He also anticipates that companies involved in project development of behind-the-meter systems will see a flurry of transactions with data-center developers and AI companies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Jay, taut and grim-faced, anticipates when to loosen or tighten the rope.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
In a highly anticipated pitching matchup, the Dodgers drive Jacob Misiorowski out of the game early, but the Brewers touch up Tarik Skubal and get the 2-1 victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
I keep thinking about the spaceship in Pixar’s “WALL-E,” the Axiom, where every human need has been anticipated and met.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Matt Renshaw scored an epic first Test century in more than nine years to put Australia in control of the first Test in their highly anticipated series against South Africa.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Fastly rises after Oppenheimer upgrades shares to Outperform, citing anticipated revenue boosts from AI agent traffic and Grand Theft Auto VI.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
He never anticipated something like this happening, and he prayed that Garfield would survive.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Natural gas futures settled up 1% to $3.066 per mmBtu for the day, with analysts anticipating that this week’s EIA storage report will show smaller-than-usual builds in natural gas storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Markets weren’t fully anticipating how aggressive the Fed’s 2022 hiking cycle turned out to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The World Bank warned that Nepal needs to build a hydropower system capable of anticipating, absorbing and recovering from increasingly complex Himalayan hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
"I have been quite explicit to say there is unlikely to be a legacy because I'm anticipating spending it all."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
I hesitate at the door marked 307, anticipating the questions from my family.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
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