might/should have known

idiom

—used to say that one is not surprised to learn of something

I should have known it would be too expensive.

"She says she's going to be late." "I might have known."

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In the Apple case, lawyers representing the plaintiffs allege Apple should have known not to include harmful PFAS and taken steps to remove them from their products. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025 Skaggs’ family argues the Angels knew, or should have known, about Skaggs’ drug use prior to his death. —

Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025 Then there’s the public-figure-specific element: whether Stephanopoulos knew or should have known the statement was technically false as a matter of New York law. —

Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024 As a public official, Burchett should have known and done better. —

David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for might/should have known

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