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hypothetical
adjective as in guessed, assumed
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Strong matches
Example Sentences
Internal Republican polling shows that, in a hypothetical match-up between Greene and the state’s incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, she would lose statewide by 18 points.
There’s no hypothetical version of global equilibrium in which the United States is simultaneously the dominant superpower and also an isolationist fortress-state with zero immigration.
“I’m Taylor, the official hypothetical showgirl in question,” Swift said, telling the crowd that in making the movie that’s not quite a movie, she was, as always, “trying to surprise you guys.”
But in his majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts dismissed such concerns as “fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals about a future where the President ‘feels empowered to violate federal criminal law.’”
I know it’s a hypothetical at this point, but do you think you would have followed through with proposing to Anna?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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