Example Sentences

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It is impossible to know precisely what problems George W. Bush or Al Gore will face as President, but there surely will be some that nobody will have anticipated.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at some point the stock market will have anticipated the worst and begin to move higher, even in the face of recession-like conditions.

From Time Magazine Archive

You will have anticipated my purpose in selecting this text.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

My opinion of this scheme of the alphabet the reader will have anticipated.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

You will have anticipated, I suppose, my purpose in doing what I very seldom do—cutting little snippets out of different verses and putting them together.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander