supposed
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Supposed experts have been made to look like fools.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
“How Was I Supposed to Know?” fell off the R&B ranking in its second week.
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
Supposed that one counts the number of cases of some particular infectious disease in some geographic area, and watches how the numbers change with time.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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