supposed
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She said they were supposed to go to a political event and stopped by his hotel room to retrieve some paperwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In this period before Rosh Hashana, the daily shofar blasts are supposed to get Jews thinking about what they have done wrong in the past year and how they could be better in the next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A blink-and-you'll-miss-him appearance from a substitute who was supposed to be a leader, a senior man, a guy to nurse Rangers to the endgame with their flimsy 1-0 lead intact.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But on paper, this was a match Team GB were not supposed to win.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“And I did all right? I translated everything as I was supposed to?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing supposed
Words That Could Go Either Way: Synonyms for "Maybe"
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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