as in watchful
having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something
couldn't control his anticipatory excitement on Christmas morning
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Recent Examples of anticipatory
However, the universe is not punishing you with this anticipatory period.
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
His jab-like bars mesh perfectly with the anticipatory Cobain beat.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Frog hatchlings use early environmental cues to produce an anticipatory resource-use phenotype
Learning and Behavior.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
And that was something that someone who watched [the cuts] described as anticipatory grief — living in an unknown state looking towards the future.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
His jab-like bars mesh perfectly with the anticipatory Cobain beat.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Frog hatchlings use early environmental cues to produce an anticipatory resource-use phenotype
Learning and Behavior.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
And that was something that someone who watched [the cuts] described as anticipatory grief — living in an unknown state looking towards the future.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for anticipatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticipatory
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With that regulatory overhang expected to lift next year, investors are keeping a watchful eye for the next big company to begin buying bitcoin.Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
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In stage one the car is controlled remotely by a watchful parent.Vijay Govindarajan, Tojin T. Eapen, Daniel J. Finkenstadt, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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Every family includes expectant or brand-new parents, and many have single mothers facing housing insecurity, MOMS organizers tell us. MOMS hopes to serve 130 families this holiday season.Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
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The expectant mom of two accessorized with a nude purse and a navy baseball cap, wearing her hair in a braid down her back.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Could bring ‘life-changing money’ for Venice family Yankees star Aaron Judge wins his second AL MVP award in three seasons RAMS From Gary Klein: After the Rams hired Sean McVay in 2017, general manager Les Snead was eager to see the 30-year-old’s head-coaching process at work.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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As Halloween draws near, excitement builds for children eager to trick-or-treat.Sarah Darby, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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In between stops on her Eras tour, Swift has made headlines for her game-day outfits and her enthusiastic support of her man—and has boosted visibility for NFL in the process.Glamour, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, polls suggest that Democrats are more enthusiastic about the election than Republicans, which could give Harris an edge in turnout.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Boutin has been in remission from thyroid cancer since August, but just had a related surgery last week and the couple was anxious about Boutin inhaling any smoke.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Joe Biden lost North Carolina by just over one percentage point in 2020, but Harris has been tied or ahead in several recent polls there, and the Trump campaign has been increasingly anxious about it.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Anticipatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticipatory. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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