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theoretically

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  • r  in theory; according to the assumed facts
  • r  in a theoretical manner
    he worked the problem out theoretically

  • Face transplants have been theoretically possible for years nowever since the microsurgical techniques necessary to splice tiny, thready capillaries and nerves were mastered.
  • According to Cooper's equations, by "dropping" in airless, frictionless, straight-line tunnels, passenger vehicles powered only by the pull of gravity could theoretically travel .
  • Turing's thoughts were recognized by the few readers capable of understanding them as theoretically interesting, even provocative.
News & Articles

  • Bonds on sale but still too dear
    Sometimes, as with Treasury bonds right now, a better deal just isn't good enough. A sharp selloff in Treasuries has taken yields higher, theoretically offering better returns and better protection against ...
    June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance
  • Harbaugh talks about Seahawks PED issues: Sept. 15 can’t come soon enough
    Jim Harbaugh held court Tuesday on the first day of the 49ers minicamp. The 49ers have been gathering most of the spring for OTAs (organized team activities, which are, theoretically, optional). This week is the first official gathering of the entire team since they left the Superdome on February 3. Harbaugh is a master at evasiveness. He doesn’t answer questions that he doesn’t want to answer ...
    June 12, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
  • Facebook Debuts Hashtags, Urges Advertisers to Use Them
    Facebook today is officially unveiling hashtags to its platform after three months of industry speculation that it would make such a move. Hashtags , which are hugely popular on Twitter (and, to lesser extents, Instagram and Google+), should theoretically make the social media giant more conversational and could have significant search engine optimization implications. Photo: Getty Images When ...
    June 12, 2013 - AdWeek
Quotes

  • Michael Phelps in Independent
    Phelps said: "Theoretically that was a pretty good swim for me. Three tenths off my best time after taking sixth months off. I'm not happy but I know I didn't train much this year. For right now, I'll take it. But I'm not pleased."
  • Jim Calhoun in ESPN
    It just gives you an idea, if theoretically half the top teams in America are coming out of one conference, how difficult it was for anybody,UConn coach Jim Calhoun said.
  • Patrick Lynch in International Herald Tribune
    Criminals theoretically could go commit crimes in the rest of Rhode Island and hide on that land, and we'd be unable to go get them,Lynch said.

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