be proper
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For filler and the "myriad of other products that are out there", Dr Hoo thinks there should be "proper training".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
“Since I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned, I do not think it would be proper for me to recuse,” he wrote.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
On Monday, Sarah Dines, a Home Office minister, described the barge as “basic but proper” and said that it would send “a forceful message that there will be proper accommodation but not luxurious.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
"There has to be justice for this. There has to be justice in The Hague and there has to be proper reparation in the rebuilding of Ukraine," he said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023
Wouldn’t be proper, leaving Pluto’s daughter on the wrong side of the river.”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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