in (the) hope of/that
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or in hopes of/that
: with the hope that something will happen or could happen
He returned to the crime scene in (the) hope of finding further evidence.
He waited in hopes that she would show up.
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The team merely wanted to apply a new, more precise analysis technique to the data gathered by North America’s rich network of more than 6,000 seismometers in hope of seeing the continent in more detail than ever before.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
The key lesson of Munich is that appeasing aggressive authoritarian regimes in the hope of preserving peace emboldens them to pursue even greater acts of expansion and violence.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The hostages had also written on bark leaves with charcoal and hidden the messages under stones and in trees in the hope that someone would find them.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
The Southeast Asian manufacturing hub is prepared to crack down on Chinese goods being shipped to the United States via its territory in the hope of avoiding tariffs, Reuters exclusively reported.
—Joe Cash, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
The key lesson of Munich is that appeasing aggressive authoritarian regimes in the hope of preserving peace emboldens them to pursue even greater acts of expansion and violence.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The hostages had also written on bark leaves with charcoal and hidden the messages under stones and in trees in the hope that someone would find them.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
The Southeast Asian manufacturing hub is prepared to crack down on Chinese goods being shipped to the United States via its territory in the hope of avoiding tariffs, Reuters exclusively reported.
—Joe Cash, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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“In (the) hope of/that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20%28the%29%20hope%20of%2Fthat. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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