supposed
Example Sentences
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Out of misguided deference to supposed victims, they have been largely aiming their ire in the wrong direction.
Investigators will be looking to see if the aircraft friend-or-foe transponders, which are supposed to broadcast the information about a plane electronically, were working properly.
“How is the public supposed to believe anything your agency says or finds?”
From Los Angeles Times
Those prior rules “were supposed to prevent former employers and clients from receiving privileged access.”
From Salon
“Presidents are supposed to act to increase the safety of the American people and improve national security,” Mr. Jeffries said on “WBLS Open Line.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
