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Which phrase refers to a concept that exists only in theory?

concept

[kon-sept] / ˈkɒn sɛpt /


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The researchers emphasize that this result is only an initial proof of concept and that more detailed investigations are necessary.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Toyota engineers in the U.S. developed the vehicles as an internal concept, Chief Branding Officer Simon Humphries said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Unlike other relationship theories - such as attachment theory - the concept of love languages doesn't have scientific origins.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Anthropic may represent the clearest test to date of that concept.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

“But what does that mean? I am familiar with the concept of bugging out, but I do not think I have heard the word love before.”

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

ISO 9000, for example, lays out the basic concepts and vocabulary of quality management.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

At 592 pages, this book could easily feel like a smug kiss-off to all those — present company included — who have criticized Schoenbrun’s reluctance to pare down their concepts into less dense works.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the classroom, technology should be roped off from the teaching and learning of nontechnological concepts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Altogether, they represent the historical forces that shape social concepts like Blackness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The most challenging and nonintuitive of all the concepts in the general theory of relativity is the idea that time is part of space.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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