anticipates

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For 2026, Planet Fitness slashed its forecast for adjusted earnings and now anticipates a decrease of about 2%, in contrast to prior expectations of 4%-to-5% growth from the 2025 total of $258.3 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She added that the networking equipment maker has been engaging with vendors to strengthen supply agreements, but anticipates gross margin pressure ahead.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Fashion and homeware chain Next is to raise prices by up to 8% in some countries outside Europe as it anticipates millions of pounds in extra costs from the US-Israel war with Iran.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

While the company anticipates performance to be heavily weighted toward the second half, current consensus remains more conservative on revenue growth, suggesting its latest results haven’t yet justified an upgrade to full-year forecasts, RBC says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 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