hypothetically

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But even if that’s not the end of the brutal crypto selloff, Strategy “has the wherewithal to ride out a hypothetically much steeper Bitcoin rout,” TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza said in a note Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Or, hypothetically, when a member of the U.S. military or the executive branch tries to make several years’ worth of salary by betting on whether a looming secret operation will succeed?

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

That scenario, hypothetically, is just one way we could know that a war with Russia had begun, or was about to.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

However, hypothetically putting that responsibility on pregnant people — having to determine whether or not to give their newborn the dose right after birth or wait 30 days — would be “completely irresponsible,” Washington said.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

I’d been speaking hypothetically about moving to New York a year early.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls