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How to use the word expected in a Sentence?

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Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step over the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a Thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

– Abraham Lincoln

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5 months ago

When we first flew, we thought we would be incredibly lucky to eke out five flights, we have exceeded our expected cumulative flight time since our technology demonstration wrapped by 1,250% and expected distance flown by 2,214%.

– Teddy Tzanetos

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1 year ago

History is always written by the powerful, of course, it is expected that if there is no force to stand-up against this encroachment then our rights can easily be lost.

– Rani Abusibr

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1 year ago

The reality is, unless you’re a pastor you have no idea what it’s like to be a pastor, it sounds obnoxious, but it’s true, and it calls upon every aspect of who you are as a person. You are always on call, and more and more roles are foisted upon pastors. They’re not just studying God’s word, praying, visiting the congregation, they’re expected to be CEO, CFO types who cast vision, manage staff, create strategic partnerships. There is a lot of burnout.

– Stu Strachan

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1 year ago

While freon can be toxic if inhaled in large quantities or in a confined space, the release of freon into the atmosphere is not expected to pose any health and safety risks to the public.

– The Coast Guard

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1 year ago

A highly anomalous April snowstorm with blizzard conditions is expected from northwestern Nebraska and across the central Dakotas and then into northern Minnesota.

– Storm Prediction Center

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1 year ago

Climate change is expected to be detrimental to Pacific salmon populations at every life stage, we know that the salmon need cold and clean freshwater for spawning and for growth, and that climate change and this megadrought have decreased water flows and increased river temperatures in a way that’s lethal for salmon.

– Ben Enticknap

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1 year ago

I think they really regretted it. No one expected that the case would grow so much that the resonance would be so huge.

– Olesya Krivtsova

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1 year ago

We’ve got some tough news out of Fort Campbell, with early reports of a helicopter crash and fatalities are expected, please pray for all those affected.

– Andy Beshear

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1 year ago

We have stalled because of complications, it has taken longer than we expected. And some of those challenges have been really underestimating, operationally, the work.

– Rue Simmons

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1 year ago

It is expected that application into humans takes a long time, maybe 10 years or more. Even if it is applied, we never know whether the eggs are safe enough to produce (a) baby.

– Katsuhiko Hayashi

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1 year ago

Depending on the extent of the impact of a tighter banking sector, Powell expressed a ‘wait-and-see’ approach to further contractionary policy, however, the federal funds rate is expected to remain elevated through the end of the year, meaning that a higher interest rate environment is here to stay for the time being, including for home loans.

– Hannah Jones

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1 year ago

We went to London Hollie friend’s house for a barbecue. They were playing so much country music, which I never would have expected to like, but it really got under my skin, and it gave me such warm, fuzzy feelings, and I listen to it to this day.

– Hollie Savitt

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1 year ago

Asteroids are not expected to contain significant amounts of ice, so detecting any trace of water would have been a real surprise.

– Cyrielle Opitom

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1 year ago

I grew up in a pretty classic Taiwanese American household. Excellence in everything you do is expected and I had fulfilled my cultural destiny already by then by going to Harvard and going to the Juilliard School for Music, but I had never done anything that was not planned out or pre-ordained for me. When I quit the only industry I had ever worked in, I was pretty lost.

– Bolivia Augustin and Michelle

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1 year ago

We’re part of a 16% minority, it is a micro minority or a super minority. This whole ‘greater Idaho’ thing I find so ironic because here they are saying, ‘We’re a 44% minority in Oregon. This is outrageous. How can we be expected to live as part of a 44% minority?’ This is a bit hilarious to me as part of a 16% minority. We certainly don’t get our policy preferences very often.

– Ilana Rubel

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1 year ago

Such a vaccine would be expected to provide good protections against circulating H5N1 viruses.

– The CDC

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1 year ago

The latest economic data have come in stronger than expected, which suggests that the ultimate level of interest rates is likely to be higher than previously anticipated.

– Federal Reserve

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1 year ago

The uncertainty lies in how much rainfall will be absorbed by the snowpack before there is significant release of that water into the rivers, it’s likely some of the( precipitation) will simply be absorbed into the many feet of snow at the highest elevations, but lower elevations, generally below 5,000 ft, appear most likely to not have the snowpack necessary to absorb the multiple inches of rainfall expected.

– Weather Prediction Center

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1 year ago

The latest economic data have come in stronger than expected, which suggests that the ultimate level of interest rates is likely to be higher than previously anticipated, if the totality of the data were to indicate that faster tightening is warranted, we would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes.

– Jerome Powell

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1 year ago

Highs are expected to soar into the 70s this afternoon as far north as the Ohio Valley, with 80s across the Deep South and southern Plains, these warm temperatures could break several daily record highs.

– Climate Prediction Center

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1 year ago

Japan has been strengthening its defense posture for years. The Ukraine situation made the key element of Kishida’s new National Security Strategy, the expected next steps in this strengthening, politically easier.

– John Bradford

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1 year ago

This election did not meet the minimum standard expected of a free, transparent, credible and fair election.

– Peter Obi

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1 year ago

We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigerians, this election did not meet the minimum standard expected of a free, transparent, credible and fair election.

– Peter Obi

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1 year ago

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