How to Use theoretically in a Sentence

theoretically

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• Utah could theoretically get to the CFP even with a loss to the Gators, but the road there would be much harder.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022
• And what about the lives that AI could just as theoretically end?
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
• As a member of Gen-Z, this theoretically wasn’t the show for me.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2023
• Bernanke met with anyone on the Right who would meet with him, and who theoretically had juice.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• And even in the adult sphere, Lynskey spent most of the first season siloed off from the mysteries that are theoretically the show’s bread and butter.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2022
• But what Project 2025 puts down in black and white is not theoretically scary.
  — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• So there could theoretically still be some hope of very hardy aliens on Trappist-1b.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• This year’s Red Sox should theoretically have more depth to draw from.
  — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
• In the same ways Minnesota can’t match up with Phoenix’s offense, the same should theoretically be true on the other end.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2024
• There are a few ways this could, theoretically, still work out.
  — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
• The main reason for that is the theoretically endless range.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2023
• The four-time MVP could also theoretically ask for a one-year deal worth around $47 million.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
• Zoom in: On the plus side, agents can work 24/7 and a small number of humans can theoretically oversee vast numbers of AI agents.
  — Ina Fried, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
• But if the goal is to pass time while parents pull together some last minute aspect of the party, the kids can theoretically win.
  — Sean Trende, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
• Yancey said that, theoretically, the more times people are exposed to the virus, the more robust their immune response should be.
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• Because for starters, Kennedy will have to work hard to qualify for the ballot in enough states to even theoretically stand a chance of winning.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• The wind theoretically shouldn’t be a factor, as we are hemmed in by buildings on all sides, but this tree, some 60 years old, has strained skyward in search of sunlight.
  — Tom Vanderbilt Josh Robenstone, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• So while the machine is theoretically paying out more money, the odds are always in the house’s favor.
  — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• Since Poland and Germany have already pledged to wean off Russian oil this year, the bloc could theoretically cut back further still.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
• That means that the network could, theoretically, try to muzzle him.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
• From there, the shuttle could be refurbished and flown again, theoretically driving down the cost of each mission.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
• Local guy, Georgia boy, big bat, still hasn’t reached his prime (theoretically as a 27-year-old).
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2022
• When prices theoretically come back down in the future, the traders then repurchase the stock at a cheaper price to return it and pocket the difference.
  — Nick Wells,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 27 July 2024
• All that change theoretically could change a person, even just a little bit.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Even stone doesn’t last forever; on the other hand, so long as someone replaced the parts that wilted, the piece theoretically could.
  — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• His team will theoretically move one step closer to the World Series.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
• Handbags, after all, are theoretically meant to carry all our junk and essentials from a day at work to a night out.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 26 Apr. 2022
• How would that feel as opposed to focusing on being nervous and all the things that can (theoretically) go wrong?
  — Micha Goebig, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Another challenge is getting the money to build the prototypes for the hundreds of commercial plants that will theoretically solve the world’s energy woes.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
• According to White, an unidentified group is pitching him on a non-biased system that will theoretically be more objective than the current panel of media members who currently vote on the rankings.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024