in theory
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Now, critics are left to clash with influencers as they struggle to maintain access that could, in theory, help them continue to get jobs.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Describing how their mum died, Kelly's daughter Jazz says: "Obviously to us, she's more than that, but she's just the name of another victim of his in theory."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Scientists had previously predicted an in-plane anomalous Hall effect in theory, but no experiment had successfully demonstrated it before this work.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
But it is a new development that these companies are going public and now telling those growth stories in ways that are, in theory, more legally reviewable.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Gaseous diffusion and the centrifuge appeared to be feasible in theory for the large-scale production of U-235, but both were hobbled by unsolved technical problems, and neither had yet produced any U-235 to speak of.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
