unanticipated
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“In-home care is the most underestimated and unanticipated cost,” says Nina Pflumm Herndon, president of the Aging Life Care Association.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Health-policy wonks in the Obama administration tucked $30 billion into the 2009 stimulus package to accelerate EHR adoption, a move that had unanticipated consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
Similarly, with Glasner, while his announcement on Friday was unexpected, the fact he has decided to leave Selhurst Park is far from unanticipated.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
"This level of specificity with minimal unanticipated genomic side effects offers real hope for the cancer patients who could one day receive this treatment."
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025
Still other devices, invented to serve one purpose, eventually found most of their use for other, unanticipated purposes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing unanticipated
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