in anticipation of
idiom
: expecting that (something will happen or that someone will arrive)
They hired extra police officers in anticipation of a big crowd at the concert.
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Advertisement In Texas, crews treated the roads in the Dallas area in anticipation of a storm that was expected to bring up to 4 inches of snow on Thursday.
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Hannah Fingerhut and Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The Dunbar Community Center will be open as an overnight emergency shelter beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday in anticipation of colder-than-normal temperatures expected this week, the City of Little Rock announced in a Sunday news release.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Now, in anticipation of a second Trump administration, executives are even more busily lining up fresh investments in America.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
That said, Guerrero — perhaps in anticipation of this exact sequence of events — has since changed his tune.
—Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Fingerhut and Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The Dunbar Community Center will be open as an overnight emergency shelter beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday in anticipation of colder-than-normal temperatures expected this week, the City of Little Rock announced in a Sunday news release.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Now, in anticipation of a second Trump administration, executives are even more busily lining up fresh investments in America.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
That said, Guerrero — perhaps in anticipation of this exact sequence of events — has since changed his tune.
—Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“In anticipation of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20anticipation%20of. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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