theoretical
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“That’s no longer a theoretical thing,” Altman said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
In that theoretical promised land, the objective would be to care deeply about the people and issues that are worth our attention, not about stuff that doesn’t matter.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Those experiences made clear how rapidly theoretical arguments about constitutional structure can reshape the mechanics of elections.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
The selloff may reflect investors’ anxieties about how the deal’s structure as a Reverse Morris Trust, a tax-efficient transaction where the theoretical buyer ends up actually being acquired.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
He studied theoretical physics and threw himself body and soul into work on entropy, a process at the heart of thermodynamics, which seemed to hold much promise for an ambitious young man.*
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing theoretical
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