watching (for)

verb

present participle of watch (for)
as in expecting
to believe in the future occurrence of (something) watch for all the latest news on this Web site

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watching (for)
  1. expecting
  2. anticipating
  3. awaiting
Verb
  • Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and Satya Nadella are among the group expecting to be awarded on Thursday.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Oddsmakers apparently aren’t expecting another defensive struggle.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of expecting
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  • Contrived or not, the models appeared to be reasoning about their own situations— forming plans, weighing consequences, anticipating countermoves.
    — Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
  • And in a region already suffering from aid shortages, and anticipating even greater food insecurity from this year’s El Nino, humanitarians are rightly nervous about a potential catastrophic fallout.
    — Cameron Hudson, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of anticipating
Verb
  • Two hundred cars were on site, variously charging, awaiting their turns to charge, and enjoying the ministrations of human maintenance workers.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Oscar Belgal, 28, is currently being held in custody and awaiting court appearances following the incident.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of awaiting
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“Watching (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watching%20%28for%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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