await
verb (used with object)
to wait for; expect; look for.
have awaited
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present perfectof await.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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Since then, Los Angeles Police Department investigators have awaited atutopsy results on the body, which authorities say is Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a 14-year-old who ran away from home in Lake Elisnore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
It stands amid dilapidated housing projects, some with broken entrance doors, that have awaited renovation for more than 15 years.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
On the eve of his fourth training camp, he was relaxed and reflective as he prepared for a season Browns fans have awaited for a generation.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
She would have awaited the emergence of the 17-year cicadas with glee.
From Scientific American ● May 9, 2021
The same fate might have awaited Enrique without the money that arrived from the United States.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
