ought
Example Sentences
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Sameer Samana from the Wells Fargo Investment Institute and Brett Donnelly from independent research house Spectra Markets both feel that further gains may be more difficult to come by and silver ought to take a breather after its record-setting rally.
From MarketWatch
The story of Rob Reiner, his wife, Michele, and their son Nick ought to make people think again about what nepo babies are, and aren’t.
But even while Charlie longs to recross the wine dark sea to America, he ought to take solace in Homer’s words: “No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.”
The stock’s recent wobble also ought to ease any concerns investors had about its lofty valuation.
From Barron's
"I wouldn't have travelled if it was an amber warning, and it feels like it maybe ought to have been."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
