HOPES (FOR) Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

hopes (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of hope (for)

as in expects

to believe in the future occurrence of (something) he was hoping for an A in English

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The judge expects to issue a decision within the next few months.

— Maddie White, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Heavy-duty trucking focus The company expects the new service to help fleets lower diesel consumption, reduce operating costs, and minimize driver downtime through on-site fueling.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

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Harpman was writing in a different era, but the elegiac loneliness of her fiction anticipates our own solitary and screen-bound present.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Fernando anticipates an impact crater nearly 90 feet across and 16 feet deep (27 meters across and 5 meters deep), too small to see from Earth but visible to spacecraft.

— Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

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Skubal was the reigning two-time Cy Young winner trying to hold things together in his final months before free agency, where a record contract likely awaits him.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
When the siblings finally arrive, the bitter, suffocating reality that awaits them proves far harsher than Lucila had imagined.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

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