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- noun Plural form of
ought . - noun The first
decade of a century, such as the1900s , 2000 to 2009, etc, where thedigit in the tens place iszero .
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Examples
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Yet Mendel's scientific papers themselves have not a bit of moral evaluation within them: no prescriptions, no exhortations, no "shoulds" or "oughts" -- only the straightforward exposition of observations and hypotheses.
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And lest you think this is a rhetorical goof, he follows it up with a truly wankerrific list of further "oughts" -- "After all, it ought to be true that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Shorter Richard Cohen: Lying is okay if you have "experience" 2008
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And lest you think this is a rhetorical goof, he follows it up with a truly wankerrific list of further "oughts" -- "After all, it ought to be true that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Shorter Richard Cohen: Lying is okay if you have "experience" 2008
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Unfortunately, arriving at a moral framework that incoprates these "oughts" requires instructions from outside of mankind, which leads to discussion of religion and Ms. Rand hated religion.
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Singer is no different and his "oughts" are merely a product of his desire.
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If you take the time to follow these guidelines, you will notice what you'd like to develop over the next year, devoid of any "oughts" and rich in joy.
Dr. Cara Barker: Resolving What Really Matters: 7 Practices For A Fresh New Year Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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If you take the time to follow these guidelines, you will notice what you'd like to develop over the next year, devoid of any "oughts" and rich in joy.
Dr. Cara Barker: Resolving What Really Matters: 7 Practices For A Fresh New Year Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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The time Chamillionaire, aka Hakeem Seriki, refers to is around that of the early "oughts," when the Web was still a fledgling entity, nowhere near what it is now to the consumer masses.
Hip Hop's Most Tech-Savvy Artists Mike Isaac 2010
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Thus, when I refer to "property rights", I am not referring to my own personal set of "oughts" with regard to property.
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Nor do I see why it is difficult for you to make the conceptual transition from the absolute prohibition to the entirely situational (and relative) "oughts" that we've encoded in our criminal and civil codes.
Carry-Over Thread 2007
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