as in anticipation
the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence
gave them the painting, with no expectance of anything in return
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Recent Examples of expectance
Giannina Altuve posted video of the family celebrating the expectance of their second child on Sunday afternoon.
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Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2019
Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectance
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Mortgage rates also tend to move in anticipation of what the Fed is going to do in its upcoming meetings, said Jacob Channel, a senior economist at LendingTree.Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Receiving the news that you have been deferred in the early application round can be a disappointing blow—while applicants hope that the mid-December decision will end the grueling anticipation of the admissions season, a deferral only prolongs the wait for a final decision.Christopher Rim, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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This marked a dramatic shift from the expectations that had fueled investor optimism in recent weeks.Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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Image courtesy of Focus Features If food serves as a metaphor for love and care in many of the movies listed above, Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread flips that expectation on its head.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Adult life expectancy is well below the OECD average, at 64 years for men and 76 for women.Eduardo J. Gómez, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2014
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Post-pandemic rebound Life expectancy is trending upward, one of several data points that indicate public health is rebounding since the pandemic.Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Expectance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectance. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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