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should hope

verb

Definitions

  1. To believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause)

    To believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

    • "He'll be here soon." "I should hope so!"

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for should hope. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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