expected

Example Sentences

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This is a letter I never expected to write, and I do so now with great regret and reluctance.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

If AI data centers in space are a thing, the terrestrial data center builders will have less business than expected right now.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Before the conflict, investors expected many, including the Fed, to keep lowering rates this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Celtic might also have expected more from Sebastian Tounekti.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“So, what are we expected to do? Be only what they want us to be? Never step outside the limits they set for us? Make no mistakes?”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu