await
verb (used with object)
to wait for; expect; look for.
has awaited
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present perfectof await (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now with the omicron variant driving a new surge, Oshita has awaited a new rush, for booster shots this time.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
In the end, Wirt carried only one state — Vermont — and soon the Anti-Masonic Party was well on its way to the oblivion that has awaited every third party in American history.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2018
Since that unintended exhibition of early work – a series of self-portraits mid-toilette – the world has awaited the development of the artist’s oeuvre with bemusement, derision and incipient admiration.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2017
Uber has continued to operate UberPop as it has awaited that appeals ruling.
From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2014
The fearless confidence with which she has awaited the result of the duel, as bearing God's testimony to the truth, is very characteristic of the time.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
