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ought VB

he ought to VB

failure to do what ought to be done

Usage examples with ought

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I think we ought to be tolerant people.
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He calls land speculation a gross misuse of the power of government which ought to be abolished by taxation, in order to create prosperity.
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Specifically, he has been concerned with how the government's monetary and fiscal instruments ought to respond to shocks over the business cycle.
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There ought to be an idea behind every painting.
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They use concepts such as morally ought, morally obligated, morally right, and so forth that are legalistic and require a legislator as the source of moral authority.
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It occurred to me that abjuration was the school of magic manipulating magic (for example, dispel magic)... which means that abjurers really ought to be the nastiest spell-duelists out there.
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You ought to know that there is a possibility of such letters being dragged out some day.
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Trees ought to be a renewable resource, not a scorched earth policy of death and destruction.
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Clearly, lawbreakers ought to be punished.
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There ought to be no unreasonable technical, economic or other barriers to gain entry for a license.
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