theoretical

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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

More successfully, in the 19th century, George Boole—mathematician, logician, theoretical psychologist—“fundamentally changed our understanding of logic,” Mr. Griffiths tells us, by “showing how reason could be captured by a formal system.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

I don’t think theoretical value ought to outweigh public confidence under any circumstances.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

They are, in a word, experts, people whose authority rests on experience rather than theoretical knowledge.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson