hypothetically

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Asked if Burnham would make a better prime minister than Sir Keir, Nandy replied: "Hypothetically, I have no idea."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Hypothetically, had we not heated the globe to its current state, the number of unusually warm days would have been far fewer, the scientists estimated, using mathematical modeling of the global climate.

From New York Times • May 28, 2024

Hypothetically, Minaret could exist as a private community thriving with the support of the people who respect Hilmy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Hypothetically a borrower could take out several short-term loans across multiple buy now, pay later companies — a practice known as “loan stacking” — and they would never appear on a credit report.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

The following year Finlay presented his conclusions in a paper called “The Mosquito Hypothetically Considered as the Agent of Yellow Fever.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy