supposed to

Intended to; also, believed to, expected to. For example, This pill is supposed to relieve your pain , or You're supposed to be my partner . [Early 1300s]
Required to, as in He is supposed to call home . [Mid-1800s]
not supposed to . Not permitted to, as in You're not supposed to smoke in here .

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Or they can remember that the law, at its best, is supposed to serve the people who stand beneath it.

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So I could have been like, “ Ta-da! that was supposed to happen,” but that was unavoidable, so I don’t work with animals anymore.

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“For somebody who’s supposed to be business oriented, he sure is allowing local businesses to sink and have the effect that these raids are having,” Gonzalez said.

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The whole idea is supposed to be that where there are groups where we are worried that maybe the discriminatory passions are a piece of the mix, that we don't just take their word for it ... that the government is acting based on benevolent motives.

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Nothing sinister in that, but the test results are supposed to remain confidential.

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