theoretical
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Energy Information Administration estimates that there are enough engines in retired military aircraft to convert to as much as 40 GW of power generating capacity, though this figure is very theoretical.
The authors emphasize that the theoretical contribution was "crucial for understanding this highly sophisticated experiment," highlighting the combined effort behind this advance in quantum computing.
From Science Daily
The threat of malicious AI swarms is no longer theoretical: Our evidence suggests these tactics are already being deployed.
From Salon
Cut out those individual errors, shape up without the ball, see out Arundell's sin-bin period and turn the screw in the scrum and there was a narrow, theoretical route back into the game.
From BBC
When the team compared the observations with theoretical predictions, they concluded that such an extreme drop in brightness strongly indicates that the star's core collapsed and formed a black hole.
From Science Daily
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