Due
Due adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Usage example: their train is due to arrive in half an hour
Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Usage example: the children did their chores, but not without the expected whining
Due is a synonym for expected in surprise topic. You can use "Due" instead an adjective "Expected", if it concerns topics such as anticipated. popular alternative
Both words in one sentence
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Then again, that is to be expected, due to the So Bad, It's Good voice acting in the game.
Source: Narm / Video Games - Most expected to ship Ryoma/Camilla and Takumi/Elise, due to similar ages of the characters, but as it turned out Ryoma/Elise and Takumi/Camilla ended up more popular instead.
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When the movie was due to premiere on TBS, a good deal of gore was cut out - to the point where they were falling under the expected runtime.
Source: Film / The Thing (1982)
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