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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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The Philadelphia Phillies confidently let former All-Star pitcher Ranger Suarez sign with the Boston Red Sox, trusting their deep rotation despite Suarez being a beloved fan favorite and a key player in their recent success, including the 2022 NLCS pennant-clinching out.
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That’s because Noelle’s a different type of protagonist, portrayed confidently by Al Zahrani, a woman contending with her own loss while trying to gain a more prominent job than being the scanner of a police documents.
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Haiti already faced an uphill climb to get back into this game trailing 2-0, but now their opportunity to draw a point looks positively grim.
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The body discovered earlier this week in Lexington County, South Carolina, has been positively identified as missing fitness trainer Elena Katherine Moore, authorities announced Friday.
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Our kitchens are joyfully overrun with colorful heirloom tomatoes, juicy peaches, and of course, sweet corn.
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This is a story of a community that lived joyfully and out loud, dancing to Spanish verse set to Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
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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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The team joyously celebrated the end of their regular season with a pool party, taco bar and more soccer, a news release stated.
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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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In their gowns and bowties, guests giddily slurp mounds of glinting caviar off the back of their hand.
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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 25 Jun. 2026.
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