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Recent Examples of expectantly
Miami-Dade’s Saturday rain showers could not damper the spirit and energy of dozens of Haitians, Haitian Americans and soccer fans crowded together waving flags, beaming expectantly at North Miami’s Moca Plaza to meet players on the Haitian National Football Team.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
Now the cows are waiting expectantly outside the milking parlor, where Archie is clattering about to set up the milking machine.
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Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
The anniversary celebration was capped by a performance from Paul McCartney, another flourish in a production designed to project confidence in the path forward as Wall Street waits expectantly for Apple's AI comeback.
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Mackenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
The children waited expectantly.
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Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Gilberg considered the question, hands clasped beneath his chin, the traffic outside humming expectantly.
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Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Inside, guests are greeted by the cozy tavern, a cocktail of rustic Adirondack style and modern trappings—the tables adorned in their nightly best, expectantly awaiting patrons.
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Lauren Breedlove,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
Now Ronny looked up at her expectantly.
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Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
In the clip, Blakely can be seen looking off camera expectantly, evidently aware something is happening.
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Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
Now the cows are waiting expectantly outside the milking parlor, where Archie is clattering about to set up the milking machine.
—
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
The anniversary celebration was capped by a performance from Paul McCartney, another flourish in a production designed to project confidence in the path forward as Wall Street waits expectantly for Apple's AI comeback.
—
Mackenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
The children waited expectantly.
—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Gilberg considered the question, hands clasped beneath his chin, the traffic outside humming expectantly.
—
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Inside, guests are greeted by the cozy tavern, a cocktail of rustic Adirondack style and modern trappings—the tables adorned in their nightly best, expectantly awaiting patrons.
—
Lauren Breedlove,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
Now Ronny looked up at her expectantly.
—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
In the clip, Blakely can be seen looking off camera expectantly, evidently aware something is happening.
—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectantly
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As buyers continue encountering AI slop—intelligent-sounding output that's confidently wrong, outdated or so generic it could have been written for anyone—their trust erodes, friction is introduced and deals stall.
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Toward the end of his first day, Chekhov spotted an officer strolling confidently down the street.
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Staff for Democratic Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, the president-elect, responded positively March 30.
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In fact, over two-thirds of Democrats view socialism more positively than capitalism.
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Ron Seman was known as the master of the Indiana Dunes trails, spending years joyfully guiding thousands of people on journeys through its natural wonders.
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Uruguay, for their part, joyfully celebrated becoming the second team, after Italy, to win the World Cup twice.
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Uzbek fans have reveled in the chance to showcase their country and culture, staying behind long after the matches ended to pose for photos as steppe warriors, give away the country's ubiquitous embroidered duppy skullcaps, or just joyously dance to drums.
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There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play.
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Tech was even still cool in late 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT and everyone started giddily re-doing Taylor Swift lyrics as Shakespearean sonnets.
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Following that start, catcher Dalton Rushing giddily described Yamamoto’s brilliance, noting that even the reigning World Series MVP was able to experiment and try out some new sequencing while flexing his dominance.
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Bond traders have not reacted as exuberantly to the news of the Iran détente as oil traders have.
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What is in tandem here is the exuberantly generative possibility of life itself (SCOBY, water) alongside the very synthetic polymers that are literally wrecking life on an individual and systemic level.
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“Expectantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectantly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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