as in anticipation
the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence
in expectation of a harsh winter, we budgeted more money than usual for the cost of heating our home
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Recent Examples of expectation
Elon Musk’s xAI raised $20 billion, a chunk of which comes from Nvidia, with the expectation that it would be used to buy Nvidia chips; Nvidia also recently backed OpenAI with up to $100 billion to build data centers filled with Nvidia semiconductors.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
In that moment, Tuchel underlined that his standards and his expectations will be the most important factors in determining who gets called up and who plays.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The president initially floated his movie tariff idea on Truth Social in May, prompting panic across Hollywood, even after the White House sought to temper expectations in a statement not long after.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Mendoza now finds himself on the bubble along with Arizona manager Lovullo and Bob Melvin of the San Francisco Giants, whose clubs were eliminated despite high payrolls and even higher expectations.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
In that moment, Tuchel underlined that his standards and his expectations will be the most important factors in determining who gets called up and who plays.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The president initially floated his movie tariff idea on Truth Social in May, prompting panic across Hollywood, even after the White House sought to temper expectations in a statement not long after.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Mendoza now finds himself on the bubble along with Arizona manager Lovullo and Bob Melvin of the San Francisco Giants, whose clubs were eliminated despite high payrolls and even higher expectations.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectation
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Of course, there was much anticipation for the Season 3 finale, which was thought to conclude the series.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Its price has soared more than 50% this year because of governments’ huge debt loads, political uncertainties and anticipation that the Fed will continue to trim its benchmark lending rate after cutting for the first time this year in September.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Columbia also scored high in the health category, with women in the city enjoying the 10th-best life expectancy at birth.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Such is the expectancy around Arsenal now, a 1-0 loss to a bewitching free kick, the kind of sudden inspiration that decides a close and claustrophobic game, hit the team hard.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Expectation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectation. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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