anticipatory
adjective
an·tic·i·pa·to·ry
an-ˈti-sə-pə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: characterized by anticipation : anticipating
took anticipatory measures to prevent floods
Examples of anticipatory in a Sentence
couldn't control his anticipatory excitement on Christmas morning
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At this year’s UN General Assembly, ECW announced a $2.5 million grant to UNICEF to pilot anticipatory actions across six districts in Pakistan that are highly vulnerable to flooding.
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Unicef Usa, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Its ultra-luxe ships are renowned for their intimate atmosphere and elegant all-suite oceanfront accommodations, most with its own veranda, as well as the anticipatory personalized service.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
While general nostalgia tends to lean more positive emotionally, anticipatory nostalgia has more of a bittersweet tang.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
The key to Washington’s response will be to prepare for the possibility that a war could unfold in 2022, to conduct anticipatory coordination with European allies, and to make clear the consequences of such action to Moscow.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
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Unicef Usa, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Its ultra-luxe ships are renowned for their intimate atmosphere and elegant all-suite oceanfront accommodations, most with its own veranda, as well as the anticipatory personalized service.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
While general nostalgia tends to lean more positive emotionally, anticipatory nostalgia has more of a bittersweet tang.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
The key to Washington’s response will be to prepare for the possibility that a war could unfold in 2022, to conduct anticipatory coordination with European allies, and to make clear the consequences of such action to Moscow.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
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anticipatory
adjective
an·tic·i·pa·tory
an-ˈti-sə-pə-ˌtōr-ē
: of or relating to a prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action
an anticipatory challenge brought for declaratory and injunctive relief—L. H. Tribe
L. H. Tribe
anticipatorily
adverb
-ˌti-sə-pə-ˈtōr-ə-lē
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