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There's no such thing as "expose correctly" only "expose as the photographer intended."
Not quite; "correct" exposure is when all of the exposure fits on the straight line portion of the characteristic curve - and that depends not only on the exposure but also on the scene - on a dull day a landscape etc may easily fit onto that portion whereas a on very contrasty day it may not.
If it does not then either the highlights will be clipped or the shadows compressed.
Which is one of the reasons we use HDR - to avoid either extremes.
And as a point, just because the A/D converter is 14 bits doesn't mean that the DR of the sensor is - in fact most sensors struggle to reach 10 or 11 EV.
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