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Many were unwilling to bear the present-day cost of preparing for future hypotheticals.

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For example, says Pérez Ríos, positronium’s energy levels could be affected by a hypothetical axion-like particle.

A MEASUREMENT OF POSITRONIUM’S ENERGY LEVELS CONFOUNDS SCIENTISTSEMILY CONOVERAUGUST 24, 2020SCIENCE NEWS

Many of these ideas attempt to recast gravity in the language of quantum mechanics, where hypothetical particles called gravitons carry the gravitational force.

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Titled “What I would do with GPT-3 if I had no ethics,” it described his process as a hypothetical.

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The XENON1T team suggested that the low-energy events could be due to solar axions, hypothetical particles with no electric charge that could be produced in the sun.

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First and perhaps most exciting is the “solar axion,” a hypothetical particle produced inside the sun that would be similar to a photon but with a tiny amount of mass.

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He called them all "Mister," and occasionally flattered them by presenting a hypothetical case for their consideration.

A HOOSIER CHRONICLEMEREDITH NICHOLSON

In the preceding example the two together form a complete and consistent, though hypothetical, explanation of the facts concerned.

A SYSTEM OF LOGIC: RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVEJOHN STUART MILL

It was a hypothetical condition which he had never even considered.

THE DAFFODIL MYSTERYEDGAR WALLACE

We must besides remark that the meaning of the lines is purely hypothetical.

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