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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This year, Snyder spoke of the restaurant’s eastward expansion during a talk at Pepperdine and said she didn’t expect to see In-N-Out “on the East Coast in my lifetime,” according to reporting by Fox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
BofA analysts say they now expect falling sales through May, dashing prior hopes for a “spring inflection.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Hurricane Polo is expected to make landfall on Monday in a small town off Mexico's Pacific coast, where authorities expect heavy rain and severe damage.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
When basic government functions are carried out visibly and consistently, they can seem extraordinary - particularly because so many people have come to expect otherwise.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“It sounds—retributive. Like they expect that you should be punished.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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The German shipping company said Tuesday that it now expects group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization between $3.9 billion and $4 billion, up from a previous estimate of $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Kpler expects those barrels, most of which are destined for China, to be depleted by early to mid-October at the current pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The company expects its current contract win momentum to extend into 2027, with healthy enquiry pipelines across multiple vessel types, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
He expects Micron’s revenue to eventually also reflect the changing way memory is being bought and sold.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Ms. Parker expects us to practice twenty minutes times five days each week and prove it with a signed-by-a-parent sheet marked with Xs for every day we play.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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In euro terms, the company’s new guidance corresponds to expected group Ebitda of between 3.4 billion euros and 3.8 billion euros, from 2.3 billion-3.2 billion euros previously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The talks are expected to focus on "messages exchanged with the United States through intermediaries... particularly regarding the conditions set by Iran for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz".
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Regardless of the upgrades, Williams always expected Baku to be one of their stronger circuits - short-duration corners and long straights suit their car.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The inflation rate was slightly lower than the 5.1% expected by economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
I’d spent my entire life within the safety of the Academy walls, and I’d expected to spend the rest of it here as well.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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But Ventura County officials were not expecting the unusual ocean conditions to also bring to a local beach a “bomb-like” marine marker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
But in an interview ahead of a new stage adaptation in Newcastle, he said he was expecting the 21st Century audience to recognise the same problems today.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
When rates began spiking in 2022, the housing market ground to a halt, with many buyers expecting them to eventually fall back down to the levels they were used to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“We like our target for the S&P 500 index this year of 7,800-8,000,” Christopher said, adding that he isn’t expecting a completely flat yield curve, nor an inversion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
When she arrived in front of the narrow high-rise, she texted Anat, expecting her to come down and sign her in.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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