expectancy
noun
the quality or state of expecting; expectation; anticipatory belief or desire.
expectancies
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pluralof expectancy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lower-income workers, who may have physically demanding jobs they can’t continue to do will into their 60s, and women, who have longer life expectancies than men, are locked into lower benefits “for life,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Although these populations tend to have some of the world's longest life expectancies, they also experience relatively high levels of frailty in old age.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, an annuity that starts paying out at age 67 would slightly favor those with lower balances and shorter life expectancies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
After the Great Depression, life expectancies increased alongside the percentage of older Americans living in poverty — by 1935, 50% of older adults were poor, and by 1940, almost two-thirds were poor.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025
There are said to be a billion billion insects on the earth at any moment, most of them with very short life expectancies by our standards.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
