counterfactual
Example Sentences
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Negative news sells, but I’m not sure counterfactual financial lessons always have the same effect.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
EEA studies compare an event's characteristics, such as its probability and intensity in the current climate, to a "counterfactual" world without human-caused emissions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The counterfactual question—what might have happened if France had not abandoned the National Convention’s vision of a trans-Atlantic, multiracial polity?—can never be answered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
That effacement tries to create a counterfactual absurdity.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
Four extremely strong typhoons that made landfall on the Korean Peninsula between 2011 and 2020 were chosen for simulation under current climate condition and counterfactual condition without human-induced warming.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023
