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theoretical

[thee-uh-ret-i-kuhl] / ˌθi əˈrɛt ɪ kəl /


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I think it allowed young economists and theoreticians coming through the system to make a huge splash and to make their mark — and not have to read the old authors.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

As a next step, the theoreticians examined the effects of increasing the width of the lanes and the cell clusters in their simulations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

“He was regarded as one of the major researchers and theoreticians in artificial intelligence and cognitive science.”

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

The theoreticians in the physical sciences, however, must be backed up by experiments where the large research expenditures occur.

From Scientific American • Mar. 19, 2019

As this was much shorter than the figure proposed by such eminent theoreticians as Niels Bohr, the results represented a gutsy challenge from two young scientists with the ink barely dry on their doctorates.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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