anticipation
Example Sentences
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Patrick Wilson plays one of the nervous teachers who have been issued pellet guns in anticipation of another attack.
During the dot-com bubble, companies laid a lot of unused fiberoptic cables, or dark fiber, in anticipation of demand, and 95% of those stayed dark when the bubble burst.
From Barron's
Global markets were mixed as U.S. futures largely gained, with anticipation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments overshadowed by the dollar’s continued selloff.
Maros Sefcovic, the EU's trade chief, told AFP he scours through newspaper headlines each morning in anticipation of "what else might happen".
From Barron's
“Not a fan of shots? Don’t worry. The anticipation is the worst part.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
