theoretically
Example Sentences
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Even though housing payments theoretically go up when rates go up, “you find ways to make it work.”
From MarketWatch
A purchase is theoretically possible and has historic precedents—although expanding one’s territory with gold or other payments has become rarer in modern times as nation states replaced empires and kingly realms.
Some U.S. refineries that process Canadian crude could theoretically switch to Venezuelan blends.
From Barron's
The agency has paused taking Social Security benefits to repay student loans, although that could theoretically restart at any time.
From MarketWatch
Many films from the 1930s are theoretically available to the public domain now, but not really because they’ve been lost forever.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
