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Free sign upThe phrase "are to think" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a directive or expectation regarding someone's thought process or mindset.
Example: "In this discussion, we are to think critically about the implications of our decisions."
Alternatives: "are expected to consider" or "should reflect on".
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I was thinking very small, when in reality, the best way to get through situations like that are to think big, as big as it gets: cosmically.
At more senior levels, the imperatives are to think strategically and to acquire and develop talent.
Our instincts are to think of an organization as an org chart.
And, the more that the players hear themselves say it, the more likely they are to think about it, too.
The faster the car gets there, the less likely you are to think about Lyft or Flywheel or anyone else.
In a democratic society privacy of communication is essential if citizens are to think and act creatively and constructively.
When you hear this song you are to think of men without shirts jumping in a field of daisies".
The more affluent you are, the more likely you are to think there is an epidemic of crime.
The longer that people think the oil will continue to leak, the less likely they are to think that the region's ecology and economy will recover.
These things are easier to do than they are to think about — a Sartrean point that Sartre never quite got around to seeing.
"Like the trades" is not directing us to think about newspapers or magazines; today we are to think about the winds that blow EASTERLY.
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