as in anticipates
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
we expect their arrival late this afternoon
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Recent Examples of expects
Notably, the analyst expects SLB to deliver margins of about 40% in the Digital business this year, with further expansion in the years ahead.
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Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 21 June 2026
Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends for Rentrak, expects that Hollywood is heading for its best summer since before the pandemic.
—ABC News, 21 June 2026
They are determined by what the business does relative to what the market already expects.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Players were visibly disconsolate afterward, the sign of a team that expects to win every day.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
In a two-year span between this past school year and next, DPS expects a decline in enrollment of around 1,700 students.
—Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 19 June 2026
But Josh Acevedo, the city council member who introduced the proposal, says the fight is not over—and expects the energy around the dispute to carry forward into coming elections.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 June 2026
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects this season to be below normal with the official forecast released in late May calling for 8-14 named storms, of which 3-6 would become hurricanes.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Playing in front of your own supporters can be incredibly powerful and bring something out of you that nobody expects.
—Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 21 June 2026
Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends for Rentrak, expects that Hollywood is heading for its best summer since before the pandemic.
—ABC News, 21 June 2026
They are determined by what the business does relative to what the market already expects.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Players were visibly disconsolate afterward, the sign of a team that expects to win every day.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
In a two-year span between this past school year and next, DPS expects a decline in enrollment of around 1,700 students.
—Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 19 June 2026
But Josh Acevedo, the city council member who introduced the proposal, says the fight is not over—and expects the energy around the dispute to carry forward into coming elections.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 June 2026
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects this season to be below normal with the official forecast released in late May calling for 8-14 named storms, of which 3-6 would become hurricanes.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Playing in front of your own supporters can be incredibly powerful and bring something out of you that nobody expects.
—Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expects
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By daybreak melatonin levels are already declining in most of us, as the body clock anticipates the day to come, but the first splash of light in the eyes helps hasten the process and keep us in sync with the sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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The city anticipates that the permanent facility will be constructed in the next four years.—
Dylan Lysen
June 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Yet the public reckoning with anti-Zionism still awaits its moment.—
Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
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Quispe leads us to the adobe home of Doña Conchi, our local host for the morning, where breakfast awaits.—
Paola Miglio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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“Expects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expects. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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