expectancy
noun
ex·pec·tan·cy
ik-ˈspek-tən(t)-sē 
plural expectancies
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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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that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise
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However, a longer expectancy leads to a slower transfer of wealth and power compared to previous generations.
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Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
The drop spelled out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is due mainly to … Continue reading US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII
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Connecticut ranks fifth for life expectancy for women and ninth for life expectancy for men.
—Angela Eichhorst, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Williams entered the ninth inning with a 2-1 lead, a situation in which the Yankees held a 72 percent win expectancy, and proceeded to allow a single, a hit batsman, and a two-run double to cough up the lead.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Additionally, expectancy violation theory, as highlighted in the study, explains this cycle.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
The drop spelled out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is due mainly to … Continue reading US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII
Hartford Courant
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Connecticut ranks fifth for life expectancy for women and ninth for life expectancy for men.
—Angela Eichhorst, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Williams entered the ninth inning with a 2-1 lead, a situation in which the Yankees held a 72 percent win expectancy, and proceeded to allow a single, a hit batsman, and a two-run double to cough up the lead.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Additionally, expectancy violation theory, as highlighted in the study, explains this cycle.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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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