be expected

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Decades ago, when beating the consensus really meant something, a stock with a positive earnings surprise could be expected to beat the market for several months after its earnings announcement.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The draft strategy, which could still change before the announcement, said governments would be expected to conduct "sovereignty risk assessments" for cloud and AI to "improve resilience" and spot European alternatives.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

They should not, however, be expected to carry over this nuanced perception of racism in other settings.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

These kinds of abrupt changes, called millennial-scale climate events, reveal that Earth's climate system can reorganize much faster than would be expected from slow changes in Earth's orbit alone.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

They can’t be expected to learn the languages of all the different species they deal with, babbling across the galaxy, some of them speaking in smells or patterned light.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson