expectancy
noun
ex·pec·tan·cy
ik-ˈspek-tən(t)-sē 
plural expectancies
1
2
a
: something expected
their belief led to an expectancy
b
: the expected amount (as of the number of years of life) based on statistical probability
life expectancy
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Examples of expectancy in a Sentence
that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise
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Even in pastoral scenes like his study of two magnolia warblers, the little birds vibrate with expectancy, each obviously poised for flight.
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
Such expectancy effects influence clinical trials of all kinds.
—Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
Such expectancy effects influence clinical trials of all kinds.
—Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for expectancy
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expectancy
noun
ex·pec·tan·cy
-ˈspek-tən-sē
plural expectancies
: the expected amount (as of the number of years of life) based on statistical probability see life expectancy
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