hypothetically
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“Just hypothetically, if someone stole a car six years ago, I feel pretty certain that the police are not going to wait six years to come after that person,” she said.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
In other words, said the suit, “America’s dairy farmers funded research to study hypothetically eliminating their livelihood.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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
But even if that’s not the end of the brutal crypto selloff, Strategy “has the wherewithal to ride out a hypothetically much steeper Bitcoin rout,” TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza said in a note Friday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
“Even if they were, hypothetically, a little unusual? And even if you hadn’t paid a fee and sent in a form by the deadline and didn’t have any money?”
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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