hypothetical
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The White House said it wouldn’t respond to hypothetical questions about the midterm election, but said anyone who breaks voting laws will be held accountable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The United States hasn’t necessarily experienced a water cybersecurity disaster, but worst-case scenarios are more tangible than hypothetical.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
This hypothetical scenario is called Kessler Syndrome, but I propose renaming it Tesla Syndrome, given that Elon Musk’s Starlink has nearly 11,000 satellites in orbit, with eventual plans to launch as many as 42,000.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Raven offers a few hypothetical examples—“Should I stay married? Buy a brownstone? Have a kid?”—that are uncomfortably close to the questions Nick’s friends are at the moment asking themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
VED: Please provide data to begin statistical and hypothetical analysis.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
People who deal in hypotheticals and emotions are generally unswayed by facts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
And after a seventh-straight loss and a second straight season left spiraling, hypotheticals could only carry USC and its coach so far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
As the hypotheticals posed by the justices multiplied, the doctrine began to drift from lived reality.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
Asked what would happen if Russia attacked British troops when they were in Ukraine, Healey said he would not discuss hypotheticals.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
SABIO, MARIA: Ved, please provide all hypotheticals relative to the following question: What repercussions would occur if Ridge Sabio traveled back in time to Red Knot, Delaware, in the 1990s and arrived safely?
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing hypothetical
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Words That Could Go Either Way: Synonyms for "Maybe"
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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