as in to expect
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
he was hoping for an A in English
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State election officials do not expect the federal government to reliably share election threat information during the midterm elections, according to internal National Association of Secretaries of State documents obtained exclusively by USA TODAY.
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More than 40,000 Colombian fans were expected at the match and this time, nobody was crashing through the gates without tickets, as thousands did for the 2024 Copa America final against Argentina.
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But, by 2030, AI’s intelligence per watt (to reference a new metric recently introduced by Chris Re and colleagues at Stanford) will be dramatically higher, to a degree that few today are anticipating or have yet internalized.
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And traders have consistently anticipated key economic data points, like the rate of US inflation and interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve.
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Some end up at the Miami Federal Detention Center, which normally holds criminal defendants awaiting trial or sentencing.
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The Mende awaited trial in New Haven, where local communities offered housing and legal aid.
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“Hope (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope%20%28for%29. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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