1
as in anticipating
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
members of the sect are confidently awaiting the imminent end of the world
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as in waiting
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something
crowds had been awaiting in the streets for hours
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Recent Examples of awaiting
The incident occurred on the same day as a crowd of Pokémon fans camped outside the store, awaiting the latest trading card drop.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
As he remained held in jail awaiting his sentencing in May, Rodriguez and his attorneys learned that one of the jurors in his case had been arrested after allegedly breaking into a home and stabbing two women inside — three days after the trial ended, per The Daily Herald.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
In the living room of a casually posh apartment, Pierre has just got young Simon to sleep and comes out to where Claude, awaiting him, asks him to tell her a story.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Jackson, at the time of the murders, was on probation — and Martin was out on bond awaiting trial for an unrelated charge of illegally carrying a firearm.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
CharlotteFive reached out to Orrman’s Cheese Shop for more information on its new location and was awaiting a response.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Still awaiting records In his letter on April 22, Abruzzo also pointed out how the state has yet to send the county any information in response to public records requests Abruzzo placed in December.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019, while still awaiting trial.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
More than 56,000 people are awaiting a decision.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
As he remained held in jail awaiting his sentencing in May, Rodriguez and his attorneys learned that one of the jurors in his case had been arrested after allegedly breaking into a home and stabbing two women inside — three days after the trial ended, per The Daily Herald.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
In the living room of a casually posh apartment, Pierre has just got young Simon to sleep and comes out to where Claude, awaiting him, asks him to tell her a story.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Jackson, at the time of the murders, was on probation — and Martin was out on bond awaiting trial for an unrelated charge of illegally carrying a firearm.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
CharlotteFive reached out to Orrman’s Cheese Shop for more information on its new location and was awaiting a response.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Still awaiting records In his letter on April 22, Abruzzo also pointed out how the state has yet to send the county any information in response to public records requests Abruzzo placed in December.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019, while still awaiting trial.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
More than 56,000 people are awaiting a decision.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awaiting
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All of it is encrypted, and some of it could be stored by actors anticipating that current encryption methods may become less effective over time.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Several billionaires have already moved out of the state, anticipating this tax.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Home plate umpire John Libka got an earful from Cron, who apparently thought Cortes was waiting for a resolution to the broken chain and not the pitch from Wacha.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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Detectives say a group was apparently waiting for a rapper to leave the party.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Arsenal manager invoked a bed of roses and the accompaniment of celestial music and formed an expression to suggest anyone expecting that was evidently disconnected from the reality of a Premier League title race.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is expecting her second baby with husband Nicholas Riccio any day.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Awaiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awaiting. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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