in hopes of

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, in hopes that ; in the hope of or that ; in high hopes of or that . Expecting and wishing for, as in We went in hopes of finding a vacancy , or They met in the hope of bringing about a peaceful settlement . The phrases with that are used with clauses, as in In hopes that something good might come of it, he began to work , or We are in high hopes that a cure for leukemia will be found soon . [c. 1600]

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Rather than wasting time and resources examining the private health records of Americans in hopes of findings a cause and cure for autism, we should be focusing on using the scientific evidence we already have to improve the lives of autistic individuals and their families.

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Laborers who arrived at a Home Depot in Pomona on Tuesday morning in hopes of earning a day’s wage were met with uniformed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who reportedly began rounding up workers in the parking lot.

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UCLA, meet your new quarterback, Nico Iamaleava, a 20-year-old Long Beach kid who walked out on Tennessee one day before their recent spring game reportedly in hopes of earning a $2-million raise on his reported four-year, $8-million contract.

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Additional spectators watched along the sidelines in hopes of glimpsing the series’ stars.

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She plans to bring her cooking equipment back with her to Mexico in hopes of making a living there.

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in honor of inhospitable

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