hypothetically
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The Hugging Face hack has been treated as a 'wake-up call' within the industry for the ways in which AI technology has advanced and could hypothetically act in ways that could harm humanity.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Even if the war were hypothetically to end tomorrow, the price of oil is still going to be higher versus a year ago for a minimum of the next one to two months,” said Molchanov.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Nobody really knows," Arlotta said, adding she suspected organoids could hypothetically last a little longer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
A double-leveraged rare-earth ETF, which hypothetically might benefit from economic development in Greenland, can go up 63% in a day and 100% in a week:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Copernicus presents his ideas hypothetically; Galileo says he has confirmed them with his telescope; and Kepler whispers in his ear, saying, ‘If only you could confirm it by flying there!’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
