with hopes of
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variants
or with the hope of
: wanting something to be true : hoping that something will happen
She went back to the restaurant with hopes of finding her purse there.
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“With hopes of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20hopes%20of. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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