Care has to be taken to avoid breaches of contract or anticipatory breaches of contract. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
They asked us to put on a two-day seminar in Capitol Hill in '75, excuse me, on what we called anticipatory democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave] Reference
Perkins asked, crossing his legs at the knee, his expression anticipatory, respectful, his pen poised over his clipboard. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Rainbow] Reference
I really must stop living one whole extra life in anticipatory fantasy, on top of my actual life which is altogether more ordinary. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Books « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Then there's what Abrahamson calls the anticipatory screw-up. From Wordnik.com. [How To Get Paid To Do Nothing] Reference
It could be used as a lesson starter, sometimes called the anticipatory set. From Wordnik.com. [Designs on DaVinci] Reference
I went on to use what Bryant and Veroff call anticipatory savoring, basking, and thanksgiving. From Wordnik.com. [Positive Psychology News Daily] Reference
Part of the rise in yields may be anticipatory, which is why rates have ebbed in the past week. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
Ahmad was standing in a way I could only describe as anticipatory, shoulders at one angle, hips at another. From Wordnik.com. [Edge] Reference
These seemingly conflicting feelings of hope, fear, detachment, and love are normal and are known as anticipatory grief. From Wordnik.com. [Mothering Twins] Reference
It's your blog James but that kind of anticipatory self-censorship is very disappointing. From Wordnik.com. [Pan and Satyrs] Reference
He described the raids as "anticipatory" and designed to frighten people planning to be on the streets protesting. From Wordnik.com. [Vying To Be Toughest] Reference
I don't get a lot of use out of most of the pre-set moods, but I could really use an 'anticipatory', for example. From Wordnik.com. [jez' a reminder] Reference
Our work is "anticipatory" in nature -- we are attempting to develop the capability before the urgent problems arise. From Wordnik.com. [Diving Under the North Pole] Reference
Instead I was filled with a restlessness, the kind of anticipatory unease which haunts one before some momentous and life changing event. From Wordnik.com. [Year of the Unicorn]
The car will also feature LED headlights and a new "anticipatory" sat nav with night vision. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News - News] Reference
The Amazing Race give you the same kind of anticipatory tinglies before their season premieres?. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
The Federal Reserve needs to be "anticipatory" and not wait too long to tighten monetary policy. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Chinese art be viewed as a distinctive kind of anticipatory politics in undoing Western categories of knowledge?. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Cycling in Britain: five great waterways cycle routes] Reference
An hour soon passes in this kind of anticipatory debate, and the Minister is called away to receive a deputation. From Wordnik.com. [Collections and Recollections] Reference
There was an expression of such softness and such sweetness in her face that a kind of anticipatory happiness fell on him. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Keith] Reference
Instead, say the Sustainablists, the third approach is "anticipatory," which controls problems today to avoid them tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [magic-city-news.com] Reference
Or should modern Chinese art be viewed as a distinctive kind of anticipatory politics in undoing Western categories of knowledge?. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Cycling in Britain: five great waterways cycle routes] Reference
That's called anticipatory anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [Speedlinking 4/23/07] Reference
"anticipatory" in that it arrested a situation where business and consumer confidence was heading the economy to a depression. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
She gave herself something like an anticipatory hug. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
"I will," promised Arline, with an anticipatory smile. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College] Reference
"I need to see them," Edwin said through anticipatory tears. From Wordnik.com. [The Oaten Hands] Reference
The rest of the group trailed behind with anticipatory grins. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
We opened this book, therefore, with a sort of anticipatory relish. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
While Carey looked for the candle, Israel surveyed his victims with a cheerful, anticipatory grin. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
And yet their dominant collective emotion sometimes seems to be a kind of joyless, anticipatory fear. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary’s Achilles’ Heel] Reference
"Puddy will be made into delicious round croquets," and she smacked her lips with anticipatory relish. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
It is Torino 2006 that opens in less than a fortnight -- and with a marked absence of anticipatory fervor. From Wordnik.com. [The Winter Blues] Reference
Lightly, her hand left the grinder and settled on the back of his neck, a pleasant frisson, tinged with a sort of anticipatory regret. From Wordnik.com. [After the Alamo] Reference
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