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
Employing 550 workers on three shifts, the facility expects to double its employment count in three years at the plant the size of nine football fields.
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Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
Wall Street expects a solid third quarter report when On posts earnings results on Wednesday.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
The Farmers' Almanac expects Michigan to see colder and snowier conditions this year, which mostly mirrors the National Weather Service's seasonal outlook for December through February.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Everyone expects this from a deep Avalanche lineup headed by Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
OpenAI also expects to burn through 14 times more cash than Anthropic before reaching profitability.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
The auction house expects the one-off V-12 to sell for between £75,000 and £100,000, or roughly $98,000 and $132,000.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
Siemens expects the high-speed rail network to reach nearly 90 percent of the population.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Starbucks expects the total value of its China retail business to exceed $13 billion, according to the statement.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
Wall Street expects a solid third quarter report when On posts earnings results on Wednesday.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
The Farmers' Almanac expects Michigan to see colder and snowier conditions this year, which mostly mirrors the National Weather Service's seasonal outlook for December through February.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Everyone expects this from a deep Avalanche lineup headed by Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
OpenAI also expects to burn through 14 times more cash than Anthropic before reaching profitability.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
The auction house expects the one-off V-12 to sell for between £75,000 and £100,000, or roughly $98,000 and $132,000.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
Siemens expects the high-speed rail network to reach nearly 90 percent of the population.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Starbucks expects the total value of its China retail business to exceed $13 billion, according to the statement.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expects
Verb
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The panel ended with a short warning about potential tweaks to United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which Williams anticipates.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Once adopted, Lucas anticipates the new fee schedule would kick in March 1.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Each fall, a unique prize awaits in its Black Creek currents; the creek is one of only a handful of spots in the state where fly-fisherman can cast for rainbow trout.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Israeli titles include Netalie Braun’s Oxygen, about a single mother who awaits her son’s army discharge, and Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea, which tells the story of a Palestinian boy who tries to reach the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in his life.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Expects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expects. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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