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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waited (for)
expected
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How The Star is covering World Cup The World Cup is expected to be by far the largest event to take place in Kansas City in recent years.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026 -
Potentially dangerous heat and high humidity arrived Thursday and was expected to continue Friday for a swath of the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, where daily high record temperatures could be broken in numerous places, the weather service said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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“Waited (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waited%20%28for%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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