Awaited and Early

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Awaited adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.

Usage example: at the awaited moment the President walked up to the lectern and began his address to the nation

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Early is an antonym for awaited.

Nearby Word: awaiting

Early adjective - Relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period.

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Awaited is an antonym for early.

Things finally changed in August 2016 when it was announced that the film will make its long-awaited DVD and Blu-ray debut from Kino Lorber later in the year or early 2017.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Film
The lawyer grew to despise what that money represented and rather than finish to win the bet and claim his long awaited prize, escaped from his confinement five hours early on the day of victory and purposely lost.

Source: Keep the Reward

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