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The phrase "are supposed to function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the expected operation or role of something, often in a context where there is an assumption about how it should work.
Example: "These devices are supposed to function seamlessly together to enhance user experience."
Alternatives: "are meant to operate" or "are intended to work".
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What bothers Casarella about mainstream branding are big, blatant logos that turn the wearer into a walking advertisement and are supposed to function as simplistic "badges".
According to Haidt, not only are value judgments less often a product of rational deliberation than we'd like to think, that is how we are supposed to function.
How typical of modern Britain that there has been a political appetite for decades to lock up as many people as possible and yet no desire to address the wider anarchic context in which prisons are supposed to function.
First, the admissions departments that in theory are supposed to function as emergency departments admit almost 100% of patients seen.
When this part of the show is over, and the next part is supposed to begin, when we are supposed to function together, how will that look?
Such beacons are supposed to function for 30 days in water up to 20,000 feet deep after a crash to help searchers find the device.
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This is not the way government is supposed to function".
The chaplain was supposed to function like those in hospitals, prisons and police departments.
The Legal Aid Society, a nonprofit organization, was supposed to function like a public defender's office, representing nearly all indigent defendants.
An HNC spokesman, Salim al-Muslat, said it was still unclear how the cessation of hostilities was supposed to function.
"What we propose is to re-establish a situation that is normal, logical and coherent with the principles of the way our Republic is supposed to function".
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