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How to use the word ANTICIPATION in a Sentence?

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End year's dusk, new year's dawn; gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.

Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
3 months ago

One season's dusk, another season's dawn. Gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.

Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
3 months ago

The anticipation of a sports icon accomplishing a historical milestone often dramatically boosts ticket sales so real fans can say : ‘ I was there when, ’ with LeBron James closing in on the NBA’s all-time regular-season scoring record, The Lakers are the hottest ticket in Justin Ford/Getty Images NBA – their games against the Thunder and Bucks are the two best-selling NBA games of the week.

Adam Budelli

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Financial markets and private sector actors tend to react ahead of that date, if there is the anticipation that we will get very close to that drop-dead date, then financial market volatility generally tends to increase, stock prices tend to react adversely.

Gregory Daco

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So here you have the end of the millennium, there’s anticipation. There’s a weird desire to categorize what we’ve accomplished in the last 2000 years, in a very western-centric, America-centric way, you’re in the middle of a dot-com boom, technology is advancing quickly, but along with that there is a sense of unease.

Evan Collins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's anticipation that we would need a fall booster and what that framework would look like and if a vaccine is needed due to a different variant, this becomes challenging, because is it really a booster if it's not the same formulation ? And should we be talking about it in that way or is it simply a new vaccination ?

Lori Tremmel Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You can always talk yourself into a recession, if businesses start shedding jobs in anticipation of a recession, that is going to spook consumers -- and that can get us into a recession.

Dana Peterson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Hamilton said on Thursday.The Miami GP is the first of two F1 races that will be staged in the US this year -- the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas takes place in October. And in 2023, Las Vegas will become a third American grand prix venue.'At one stage we didn't have a Grand Prix here, then we only had one Grand Prix. Now we're expanding. I think this is going to be like our Super Bowl, i am so happy to be in Miami. This is the sport's first time here and the anticipation of this event has just sky rocketed.

Lewis Hamilton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The gold is part of this slush fund that Vladimir Putin built up in anticipation of sanctions.

Angus King

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s definitely been a long time, especially, you know, with the nerves or excitement or whatever you may want to call it, just of the anticipation of coming down here, we're excited to get down here and play Alabama and show not only ourselves, but everyone in the country, what we can do against a top team.

Desmond Ridder

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The moment Aubrey Wright heard guilty on manslaughter one -- emotions, every single emotion that you can imagine, just running through your body. I kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation, this is just a step forward in the bigger issue with policing and hopefully there has to be no more Dauntes. No more Dauntes and so many more names we chant in our streets.

Katie Bryant

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Night is an abyss at the edge of a footstep, raining anvils in a mercury-retrograde imagination needing chemicals. Fog is a curtain of anticipation. When lifted our way is lit by stars on a high dose of infinity.

Belinda Subraman

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

There has been a great deal of anticipation from parents, i encourage parents to ask questions.

Rochelle Walensky

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We can take all the precautions in advance, and we did deploy our assets to be on the ground in anticipation, but mother nature will do whatever she wants, and she is really angry tonight, we have to be prepared to cleanup tomorrow. I'll be on site in the morning to make sure this is going well, but right now we're in a very dire situation.

New York

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They were saying that in anticipation of Secretary Mayorkas’ visit that they were directed unwritten directives to basically clean everything up, make it look good, put people on busses, ship them out.

Sara Carter

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Olympic spirit is a bit dampened this year, the delay from last year and lack of spectators have taken the edge off the typical anticipation and excitement for this event. But the emergence of Black Lives Matter in the sports world has also led to a backlash among some Americans.

Patrick Murray

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We need to be very flexible and not start creating the anticipation that the exit is in the next few weeks, months.

Christine Lagarde

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

I just felt that I didn't want to get the anxiety or the nerves with the anticipation of that ninth inning, i just asked him if he was ready to make history, and he said, ‘Let’s do it.'.

Manager Dave Roberts

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The response to the show coming back has been nothing short of amazing. ' iCarly' has stayed so culturally relevant for millions of viewers that it's exciting to see, after almost a decade, that the anticipation and enthusiasm that's carried over from the original series has exploded online in the past few weeks with the announcement of its revival, coming back to iCarly after so many years to be a part of this reboot was incredibly fun. Being together on set with the cast again, playing our parts again -- it all felt extremely natural, and I know the viewers are in for a treat when The Nickelodeon show premieres.

Reed Alexander

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we didn't document it right then and there, this bird could disappear again for who knows how long, it was a really rapid progression of emotion. There was nervousness and anticipation as I was trying to get there, hoping the bird would still be there. Just huge excitement, and a little bit of disbelief, when I first saw the bird and realized what it was. And then, immediately, a lot of anxiety again.

Courtesy Andy Boyce

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At a market level, Europe has performed strongly year-to-date and it’s clear that there has been an anticipation that the recovery will be quite sharp and strong, you’re still seeing a rotation in the market in favour of the more cyclical names like banks and autos.

Tom Dorner

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

NTE NTE35W maintenance crews started pre-treating the corridors on Tuesday morning in anticipation of inclement weather, and have been treating continuously as they monitor the roadway, we will continue treating the highways through the weekend and into next week, as long as the storm is active. Our crews treat the entire corridor, managed lanes, general purpose lanes, frontage roads and ramps.

North Tarrant Express

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Definitely, traders have been accumulating the stock significantly in anticipation of the indexes having to buy on the first day of trading.

Tim Ghriskey

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

While we intend to remain open where possible, out of an abundance of caution the windows of select stores in key cities will be boarded in anticipation of potential election related activity.

Nathan Strauss

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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