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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Trump’s endeavors to end the war in Ukraine loomed large over the day, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky set to visit Friday and sign a new economic partnership with the president in the hope of gaining U.S. security guarantees against Russia.
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Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
These ideas also attracted a large number of individuals who were concerned with the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence, and were determined to systematically identify and address those risks in hope of staving off disaster.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
The aid groups were there in the hope that Marocco would provide answers on the future of foreign assistance.
—Will Steakin, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Others are receiving free swimming and scuba lessons through the S.W.P., in the hope of eventually visiting the wreck site.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
These ideas also attracted a large number of individuals who were concerned with the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence, and were determined to systematically identify and address those risks in hope of staving off disaster.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
The aid groups were there in the hope that Marocco would provide answers on the future of foreign assistance.
—Will Steakin, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Others are receiving free swimming and scuba lessons through the S.W.P., in the hope of eventually visiting the wreck site.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in (the) hope of/that
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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 9 Mar. 2025.
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