Example Sentences

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Analysts had been anticipating $46.11 billion of revenue for the entire year.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

For weeks, everyone had been anticipating a Hezbollah counterstrike.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024

She had been anticipating Beyoncé's Renaissance show, which rumour has it may come to Latin America in 2024, but has now changed her mind.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023

It was a game they had been anticipating for some time.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2023

Given the rising tensions in the Gulf of Tonkin, McNamara had been anticipating trouble.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin