await
Usage
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The verb await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone. Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. 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?
Example Sentences
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Greater challenges await on the winter trips to South Africa, Bangladesh and Australia.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
What seems to matter more to the broader market is the path for inflation, as investors await the release of the consumer-price-index report for August on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
ADP private payrolls figures on Wednesday contributed to bringing down rate-hike expectations as investors await Friday’s key monthly nonfarm payrolls data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
All await signatures from Gov. Gavin Newsom this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Thus the sermon and the text as we await word.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
While another Test awaits in the United States, the sense of an unofficial series being on the line was tangible.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
A deluge of cattiness awaits us in 2027.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
The bill — which cleared the Assembly by a vote of 72 to 2 and the Senate by 33 to 5 — now awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The answer awaits in the Astors’ dressing room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
“But you know what prize awaits, if you can liberate it.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Oil declined but remained near multimonth highs, while Asian stocks gained as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s rate decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The two US troops ejected from the damaged plane, were separated, and had to evade Iranian forces while they awaited rescue from US special forces.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
In Manta, the country's main fishing port, a group of people awaited news Friday of their relatives who, they said, were traveling on the boats targeted in the past two days.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Now it is my turn," his 53-year-old son said, adding that a "major task" awaited him and that he wished to be "present and attentive" going forward.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
But a thick knot coiled in her stomach as she awaited her fate.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
As of June 2026, there were 32,400 cases awaiting an initial decision, with around a quarter of that total waiting over a year for a decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Markets are awaiting the US Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday, after the European Central Bank announced an increase last week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Investors will be eagerly awaiting what Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh says.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Last week, he was transferred while awaiting trial to Bolivia’s maximum-security Chonchocoro prison, infamous for its high-altitude, ill-heated confines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Without awaiting Adaon’s order, the dwarf raced in the direction of the Huntsmen’s signal.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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