theory

It’s a theory clearly waiting to be blown to smithereens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The idea of a big ol’ group of friends taking a vacation sounds so fun…in theory.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

“The theory is that pain plus exhaustion produces political capitulation,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a Vienna-based military analyst and head of Gady Consulting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Ninety-four percent of Compass’s listings that start off as private eventually end up on the Multiple-Listing Service, according to Compass, and then, in theory, they end up on Zillow.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

A credit default swap on a thirty-year subprime mortgage bond was a bet designed to last for thirty years, in theory.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

While all these theories successfully describe the large-scale clumping scientists can measure, they disagree over how dark matter should clump on smaller scales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Since the beginning of the trial, conspiracy theories about Patrick Clancy have swirled online, including some speculating about his involvement.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

One misconception that people often have about conspiracy theories is that there’s a lack of information, Cotlar said, when actually there’s usually a huge abundance of information.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

One reason may be that even if the AGs had prevailed at trial, their theories were vulnerable on appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Einstein hadn’t been afraid to share his theories, and he’d definitely believed in them.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas