as in anticipation
the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence
that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise
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The group now looks at medal expectancy in each sport, performance in international events over the past five or six years, current athletes and those in development, and how the Olympic program is changing.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
Afghanistan was much poorer when the United States invaded than Bosnia was at the time of the NATO intervention: adult life expectancy was about 48, one in seven children died before the age of five, and most men (and almost all women) were unable to read or write.
—Rory Stewart, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2021
Here’s what to look out for: advertisement Blinding and expectancy bias
The gold standard is for clinical research to be double-blinded — meaning patients don’t know whether they’ve been given the drug or a placebo, and neither do the researchers.
—Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 31 May 2024
Even in pastoral scenes like his study of two magnolia warblers, the little birds vibrate with expectancy, each obviously poised for flight.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
Afghanistan was much poorer when the United States invaded than Bosnia was at the time of the NATO intervention: adult life expectancy was about 48, one in seven children died before the age of five, and most men (and almost all women) were unable to read or write.
—Rory Stewart, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2021
Here’s what to look out for: advertisement Blinding and expectancy bias
The gold standard is for clinical research to be double-blinded — meaning patients don’t know whether they’ve been given the drug or a placebo, and neither do the researchers.
—Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 31 May 2024
Even in pastoral scenes like his study of two magnolia warblers, the little birds vibrate with expectancy, each obviously poised for flight.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
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“Expectancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectancy. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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