theoretical
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“That’s no longer a theoretical thing,” Altman said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
A new theoretical study, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters, suggests a very different strategy.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
In that theoretical promised land, the objective would be to care deeply about the people and issues that are worth our attention, not about stuff that doesn’t matter.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked Sauer a mix of practical and theoretical questions that revealed the incoherence of his position.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
He studied theoretical physics and threw himself body and soul into work on entropy, a process at the heart of thermodynamics, which seemed to hold much promise for an ambitious young man.*
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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