expect
Usage
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The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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But oil analysts don’t expect an export boom like the one seen in late 2022, which is the last time China bailed out an overheated global diesel market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“The last month or so is more or less what I expect out of myself,” Tucker said in a recent conversation with The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
I found that young investors are more conservative than you might expect, and many Gen Z-ers are opting for exchange-traded funds over sports bets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Larger energy storage solutions are where most people expect sodium ion to dominate.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“I can’t expect you to do everything so I’ll be the one coming up with the plans, and you’ll be the one who, you know, does all the superheroing.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Alaska expects its Aurora suites—the airline’s answer to bigger competitors’ top tier offerings—to start flying in 2028 on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Williams said he expects inflation will slow to just above the Fed’s 2% target next year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
When asked whether he expects California to reach its goal, he offered a clear prediction: “Absolutely.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Sotheby's now expects it could fetch around £50 million when it goes under the hammer in London this December.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She tells me about the standards of behavior she expects.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Market choppiness and artificial-intelligence safety fears are throwing what was expected to be a blockbuster fall IPO season into disarray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, Anthropic's annual recurring revenue is expected to reach $100 billion by the end of the year, while OpenAI reached $70 billion in July, according to various reports.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is not expected to begin operations until 2029, about 4½ years later than planned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Nevertheless, if it implemented a universal and comprehensive social care system then the expected revenues from the proposed reform could fall short.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
At least my cousin is older than I expected.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
It is expecting 4% yearly growth in energy production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“The related dislocation has to do with investors expecting the memory cycle to be over, while underwriting continued CPU growth through 2030.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Nogbou said staff had helped an "unprecedented" 550 families in Leeds since the start of June, and were expecting numbers to rise as winter loomed.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The rapper, who said last week that his support for Palestinians has come at a professional cost, said fans are expecting more from the artists they support nowadays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
I was expecting an enthusiastic response, not… whatever this is.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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