theoretical
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That’s because of their sky-high borrow costs, which more or less completely offset the theoretical gain from shorting them.
From Barron's
A University of Cincinnati physicist and an international team of collaborators say they have worked out a theoretical method for producing axions inside fusion reactors.
From Science Daily
"This theoretical breakthrough could turn a long-standing problem into a powerful new tool for advancing quantum technologies."
From Science Daily
This kind of simplification reflects a theoretical concept introduced by mathematician Bernard Koopman in the 1930s.
From Science Daily
The challenges of hand-to-mouth were not at all theoretical.
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