theoretical
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Clint and I had many conversations, very cerebral conversations, theoretical conversations about story — and emotion was one of them.
From Los Angeles Times
It also applies to hyperbolic geometries, which are commonly used in theoretical physics and modern models of spacetime.
From Science Daily
His mission is to turn theoretical physics into functional quantum computers "to solve otherwise unsolvable problems" and he admits he's biased but says these chandeliers are the best performing in the world.
From BBC
But the effort to fit the world into a theoretical box misses the point.
From Barron's
In real fires, with darkness, smoke, people in various states of injury impeding one another, falls on stairs, counterflows and hesitation, theoretical egress capacities inferred from other evacuations break down.
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