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The company anticipates that it will be reimbursed for its payments to victims by a $21-billion fund created by the law known as Assembly Bill 1054.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The analyst anticipates Seatrium’s profit margins could expand into the midteens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Alphabet said on its last earnings call that it anticipates $180 billion to $190 billion in capital expenditures for the year and for that spending to meaningfully increase in 2027.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The charity anticipates about 112,000 new diagnoses in 2026.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The Phaistos disk anticipates humanity’s next efforts at printing, which similarly used cut type or blocks but applied them to paper with ink, not to clay without ink.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond