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And yet all the crowded balls, deer hunts and horse races in the world can’t distract from the second iteration’s greatest disappointment: its utter expectedness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

We have first an expectation, then a sensation with the feeling of expectedness related to memory of the expectation.

From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand

As he stands thar meditatin' on the expectedness of the unexpected, he observes to himse'f, "Providence, if so minded, can beat a royal flush; an' any gent holdin' contrary views is a liar, amen!"

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

Louise became less defiant in her joy then, or else the effect of it was lost in Mrs. Hilary's assumption of an entire expectedness in the event.

From The Story of a Play A Novel by Howells, William Dean