supposed
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Supposed experts have been made to look like fools.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
That all changed in September after she used an artificial intelligence song generator to transform one of her poems into a tear-jerker called “How Was I Supposed to Know?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Supposed state sovereignty was another bulwark in protecting slavery.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
Very just — ‘All right, classy. Supposed to be here — gonna be here for a while.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024
“Once or twice I think. They’re some old crew of powerful phantoms. Supposed to have, like, a golden glow. No one knows too much about ’em.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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