theoretic

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The ninth theoretic instance is harder to shake.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

His theoretic concepts on urban design had impermanence as a central theme — the idea that cities rise and fall and are always in flux.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022

Would it be Drew Lock, acquired from Denver in the Wilson deal and possessing at least the theoretic promise of untapped potential?

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Perhaps because tit for tat has sound game theoretic rationale.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2017

“All the compliments,” he says, “that I have received from Arago, Laplace and Biot never gave me so much pleasure as the discovery of a theoretic truth, or the confirmation of a calculation by experiment.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various