theory
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One reminded angry viewers that smoked brisket would cost a comparable amount in a barbecue restaurant, in theory without the backlash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
On X, Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen argued that “it’s not a conspiracy theory to suggest something else might be at play.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
To understand these cosmic objects, physicists rely on Einstein's theory of general relativity and quantum mechanics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
In theory, this is the kind of wall AI was built to break, by searching through the accumulated knowledge of science and uncovering possibilities no human researcher would have found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
“If our theory is right and a witch is helping the Nightbeast, this is all gonna be twenty times harder,” Thorn said.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
They are expected to provide clarity and tamp down unwarranted panic, not stoke conspiracy theories.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Not, of course, necessarily to the public’s benefit: Fake news and conspiracy theories, as Mr. Smil notes, can spread more rapidly than at any other time in human history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Administration should not want conspiracy theories to proliferate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
If certain theories are correct and the universe has no built in clock, how can events be placed in the correct order?
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The theories of the Localizers and Whole Brainers are being replaced by a new experimental brain science.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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