anticipation

Example Sentences

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There is no question that in Lebanon in particular there has been a great deal of anticipation.

From BBC

The risk is that the market senses a shift coming and pushes up Treasury yields in anticipation of foreign buyers’ drifting away.

From The Wall Street Journal

It had rallied 5.1% over the past five sessions in anticipation of upbeat earnings.

From MarketWatch

"We expect quarterly growth to pick up only gradually in the near term as geopolitical uncertainty persists and domestic business and consumer confidence remains subdued, including in anticipation of further tax rises," the OBR said.

From BBC

And the associations with danger—and suspense, anxiety, anticipation and adrenaline, he says—are even more likely to slow, if not cure, the breakdown of brain functions caused by the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal