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Discover LudwigThe phrase "anticipating an answer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you expect or look forward to receiving a response from someone.
Example: "I am writing to you regarding the proposal I submitted last week, anticipating an answer by the end of the week."
Alternatives: "expecting a response" or "looking forward to a reply".
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"He did come back and say that he anticipates an answer one way or the other in a couple months," Fallin said after the governors met with Obama.
Theatergoers new to "Moon" might anticipate a New England answer to "Tobacco Road".
"We anticipate a prompt answer and do not see any further barriers arising," said Walter Reiser, the Paraguayan representative on the commission.
Anticipate a response to the written appeal.
"If you would ask me, do I anticipate a stoppage, the answer is no, and I certainly don't hope we will have one," Fehr said.
When the curtain rises on John Lee Beatty's luxuriously realized vision of a backyard in small-town America, you may anticipate a cozy, theatrical answer to the Andy Hardy movies of the same period.
Retailers were anticipating a run.
Anticipating a disaster?
Indeed, many are anticipating a rosier future.
But 16-year-old Yuying is anticipating the answer to her own big question — what her new husband will be like.
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