in anticipation of

idiom

: expecting that (something will happen or that someone will arrive)

They hired extra police officers in anticipation of a big crowd at the concert.

Examples of in anticipation of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ward and her team started working immediately following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, arranging for Medical Aid for Palestinians’ warehouses in Gaza to begin distributing more than $500,000 worth of medical supplies over the next two days in anticipation of an Israeli response. —Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024

School officials had locked up some buildings in anticipation of the demonstration. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024

Employers at the Port of Oakland canceled work for the day in anticipation of a shutdown of port traffic organized by groups including Bay Resistance, Anti-Police Terror Project and Palestinian Youth Movement. —Mercury News Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024

Since that contentious vote, however, the denomination’s makeup has changed, in large part because of conservative congregations departing in anticipation of the loosening of strictures around homosexuality that are becoming official this week. —Ruth Graham, New York Times, 1 May 2024

The Comets now enter the offseason in anticipation of an even bigger 2024-25 season. —Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024

Harvard University closes part of campus to the public Harvard has closed its main lawn to the public in anticipation of pro-Palestinian protests following the recent uproar at Columbia. —Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024

Bear Country opened in 1972 and gave way to Critter Country in 1988 in anticipation of Splash Mountain, which eventually closed in May 2023. —Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024

But local business owners are bracing for change in anticipation of unusually large crowds this summer. —Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2024