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Sentence count:189+12Posted:2017-01-03Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: anticipationarithmetic meanexpected valuefirst momentoutlookprospectSimilar words: affectationdelectationexpectexploitationexpectedunexpectedexpeditioninspectionMeaning: [‚ekspek'teɪʃn]  n. 1. belief about (or mental picture of) the future 2. wishing with confidence of fulfillment 3. the feeling that something is about to happen 4. the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values. 
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61. A profit of £30-50 a session is a reasonable expectation.
62. P 500 companies showed 190 with earnings above expectations, 94 with earnings below expectation and 36 equaling expectations.
63. He had had no expectation of doing more than exasperate, and supply a distraction.
64. In that case the rational expectation of the average price level must be P 2.
65. The sun was on his back as he swung himself over her and her long legs parted in expectation.
66. Employee discretion and expectation of skills and career development still applied, however.
67. These figures are based on the expectation that the economy will continue to improve.
68. People have a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy in cellular as in other forms of telephonic conversation.
69. The Reports were published amidst a general expectation among informed opinion that the Poor Law would indeed be reformed or abolished.
70. This is an expectation which may well have been frustrated in the experimental situation.
71. It is an intentionally achieved schizophrenia, with the expectation of a spontaneous remission-which, how-ever, does not always follow.
72. Defences such as duress or provocation may be analysed in the expectation of laying bare the rules which apply.
73. President Bill Clinton paid a two-day visit to Northern Ireland with little expectation of achieving a breakthrough in the beleaguered political process.
74. I think that the case is based upon what nowadays would be described as a legitimate expectation of being heard.
75. In Sperber and Wilson's terms, it creates an expectation of optimal relevance.
76. Contrary to mathematical expectation, the presence of Rupa and Dullah did not decrease the loading time by two thirds.
77. She felt them tremble with expectation, parting, a little out of control.
78. He has probably thus created a legitimate expectation that he will continue to apply this policy.
79. It was useful to know of the expectation that Business and Communication check local papers regarding any adverts relating to the Centre.
80. Thus[Sentencedict], emphasis must be placed upon gradual acceptance rather than the expectation of instant success.
81. In my spare time. Without any expectation of getting rich.
82. There seems to be a general expectation that the tiny societies will finally disappear in the next 20 years.
83. Still less is it intended to mirror the expectation of life of the deceased or his dependants.
84. His magnificent grey velvet suit seemed to be floating aimlessly in a raging sea, as if petrified in the expectation of waking.
85. There's always an expectation that some one who runs a nightclub lives in a nightclub.
86. Aiding the domestic industry to gain or maintain international competitive advantage has never been an explicit expectation.
87. There, the first step was to abolish the agency, with the expectation that competitive markets would then develop.
88. Second, women have a longer expectation of life than men.
89. Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. ExpectationDenis Waitley 
90. Indeed, the expectation of such misfortunes quickly brings them about.
More similar words: affectationdelectationexpectexploitationexpectedunexpectedexpeditioninspectionintrospectionagitationannotationgestationstationerydenotationexplanationexplorationspeculationconnotationstationarylimitationinvitationnation-stateorientationconsultationdeforestationpresentationdissertationconfrontationprecipitationargumentation
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