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ought to
verb as in should
Example Sentences
All of this together ought to be a stark warning about what’s ahead for Palestinians, and about what the next American administration will support or even sponsor.
We forget that they aren’t merely self-interested careerists willing to whisper home truths while they trumpet lies; they aren’t just willing to sacrifice themselves to the collective-action defense holding that if bravery were necessary, someone else ought to be brave.
The plight of Kapadia’s Oscar campaign ought to be a tiny note in the larger conversation around the movie, a prize winner at Cannes.
"If vaccines are working for somebody, I’m not going to take them away. People ought to have choice, and that choice ought to be informed by the best information," he told NBC News last week.
House Rep. Jim Clyburn said on CBS News, “We ought to just chill out for a while … don’t worry about blaming anybody.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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