Example Sentences

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Wall Street has been awaiting updates on the trajectory of artificial intelligence to either justify or quell enthusiasm in the space, Torres said in emailed commentary on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

The field has been awaiting the discovery of a fossil exactly like this one.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

The daily foot traffic and transformed neighborhood she has been awaiting now seem like they might be a little further away.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

It was the news his family — including his now 99-year-old sister Elizabeth Fiorentini — has been awaiting for decades, Fiorentini’s grandson and Puopolo’s grandnephew, Richard Graham, said in a telephone interview Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022

For us, the rest of the story centres about Queen Penelope, who for so many, m'any years has been awaiting the return of her lord.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell