as in pregnant
containing unborn young within the body
the special nutritional needs of expecting women
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as in anticipating
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
we expect their arrival late this afternoon
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Recent Examples of expecting
Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Many companies are preparing to post their financial reports over the next few weeks, with some analysts expecting to see strong results across the board.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
My dad went to work expecting to come home.
—Allysson Bornt, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Vance, whose wife, Usha, is expecting their fourth child, might have seen this coming.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Defending women's wheelchair champion Susannah Scaroni is expecting a baby in August and not racing.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
But hoping and expecting in that manner is not the kind of uncertainty a World Series contender wants to be living with.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Even so, this was not the day anyone was expecting of McIlroy.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
But Justin Watson is expecting big savings from his Chinese car.
—Seth Doane, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
This news marks the first time the National Zoo has had an expecting Asian elephant in nearly 25 years.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
The Iranians are expecting that there will be a symbolic joint announcement of an extension to the ceasefire on Wednesday.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Many companies are preparing to post their financial reports over the next few weeks, with some analysts expecting to see strong results across the board.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
My dad went to work expecting to come home.
—Allysson Bornt, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Vance, whose wife, Usha, is expecting their fourth child, might have seen this coming.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Defending women's wheelchair champion Susannah Scaroni is expecting a baby in August and not racing.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
But hoping and expecting in that manner is not the kind of uncertainty a World Series contender wants to be living with.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Even so, this was not the day anyone was expecting of McIlroy.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
But Justin Watson is expecting big savings from his Chinese car.
—Seth Doane, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expecting
Adjective
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In the mid-seventies, Vince drove McMahon, who was pregnant with Stephanie, to a courthouse to declare bankruptcy.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Kim Il-hyeok’s wife, five months pregnant, reluctantly agreed to join.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Return on Tangible Common Equity (ROTCE) increased nicely, managing to edge out expectations as the bank closed out the quarter with a higher level of loans and deposits than the Street was anticipating.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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The letter came a day before California’s air regulators were set to release draft updates to the Cap-and-Invest program, with stakeholders anticipating additional changes to the initial January updates.—
Chaewon Chung
April 13,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Retaining Hall, 39, keeps one familiar face from Dart’s rookie year on the offensive side of the building for his second NFL season, with Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka and Shea Tierney all long gone.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Freeman is also awaiting sentencing for the 2022 murder of Gabriele Seitz in Roseville.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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No particular couch sticks in my memory, so perhaps these were neutral couches awaiting my emotions to spill out over them.—
Wendy C. Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Expecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expecting. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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