in theory
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“It’s in theory an exciting moment, because they’re launching this new version, but it’s the expensive one,” Brauer said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Living a healthy life is easy in theory but hard in practice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
A reformed set of spending rules kicked into force in 2024, and in theory member states risk fines for violations, though the EU has never gone so far.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The firm's approach to this is based on exploiting the properties of a so-called quasi-particle, which had existed only in theory, since it was first predicted in the 1930s by Italian physicist Ettore Majorana.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The rating agencies, in theory, were just such an authority.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
