hypothetical

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This would include known particles like electrons, quarks and Higgs bosons, as well as hypothetical ones such as dark matter particles, and possibly entirely new forms of matter.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

“We decline to comment on hypothetical assumptions or rumours.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Consider a hypothetical woman in her late 40s who is just looking to lose 10 pounds before summer so that she can finally wear that bikini she bought a decade ago.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

The launches make that hypothetical threat real, said Douglas Barrie, a specialist in military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

This is best experienced by looking them up, preferably in one of the dictionaries that provide all the roots back to the original, hypothetical fossil language of proto-Indo-European, and observing their behavior.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas