has been expecting
- present perfect progressive of expect (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Also at issue is the Middle Eastern money the Ellison family has been expecting to pull off Paramount’s leveraged buyout of its larger entertainment company rival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Wall Street has been expecting earnings for the year of $4.13 a share on revenue of $63.9 billion.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Indeed, Wissa has been expecting for Brentford to agree his move to Tyneside this week after the west London side completed the signing of Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
“Everyone has been expecting this and preparing for this,” Ziegler said.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
Father told me he has been expecting this to happen ever since June, when Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, abdicated the throne and his son Mehmet Tewfik Pasha became the new khedive.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
