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How to use the word theoretical in a Sentence?

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I want to be clear that passing this bill is not at all a theoretical exercise, but rather it is as real as it gets.

Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It makes sense to me that this has been going on since the second the FBI identified those documents, those risk mitigation efforts are different than a formal assessment, which is going to be analytical in nature and look at not only immediate damage but also damage in the long term — it's both concrete and theoretical.

Brian Greer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If it's a hug that doesn't necessarily include a shirt, there's a theoretical risk of transmission there, but that's not what we're hearing in terms of what's happening with our cases, so it's lower risk. I can't say zero risk.

Demetre Daskalakis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's heavy consequences because we're starting to see not only breakthrough hospitalizations, but even breakthrough deaths in people getting only two doses of the vaccine and not getting the booster -- especially those over the age of 65 -- so this is more than a theoretical discussion. Lives are being lost because of the messaging.

Peter Hotez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Miller has to convince a studio to make this thing that can only be distributed in the U.S., we can have this theoretical argument that you can do a movie that doesn't infringe on the rights of anyone else, but is anyone seriously going to do that without worldwide rights ? I doubt it.

Larry Zerner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Regulators have to weigh risk and benefit. And in this case, we know a lot about the risks in older individuals, and they're very low, including older children, it doesn't have to be that great, as long as we have something that's safe, and then a theoretical benefit could be that you are set up well for future vaccines. But having said all that, it does seem like a very unusual route to take.

Eric Rubin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If a theory and its proponents stubbornly refuse falsification by an ever increasing body of substantial conflicting evidence, the theory degenerates into a textbook example of dogmatic pseudo-science. The neo-Darwinian theory of macroevolution has failed on all fronts, from mathematical feasibility, to theoretical plausibility and explanatory power, to empirical support.

Günter Bechly

added by Normando
2 years ago

It's more of a theoretical concern, but it's something to keep in mind, i think I would be concerned about taking this drug if I were pregnant.

Peter Hotez

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There was a theoretical concern that the generation of anti-vector antibodies by the first shot could impede the use of it again, i think these data put that to rest.

Dan Barouch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I've been building theoretical predictions of how these echoes appear to us for a few years, i'd already seen Dan Wilkins in the theory I've been developing, so once I saw Dan Wilkins in the telescope observations, I could figure out the connection.

Dan Wilkins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Letting your individual religious philosophies divide us against the common enemy of atheist, asiatic jewish communism is a mistake. (You do the jews work for them.) WWII taught us that every major religion on Earth can stand together against world communism and International jewry. Use your religious fanaticism to fight theoretical marxism and communism. Religious in-fighting is the jews work. Constantine the Great brought his pagan and Christian soldiers together united against their common enemy with Nobiscum Deus! during the battle that led him to Emperor. Without that team work you may be worshipping Allah today.

Troy Nikolaos

added by tcwn1889
2 years ago

An' overreaction of the immune system' appears to be one of the ways natural Covid-19 infection leads to serious illness and death. There is the theoretical risk that vaccines might trigger that, but I am not aware of any data to date that support an actual role for vaccines in exacerbating the clinical illness, in fact, the trials showed that the vaccines, such as the JJ vaccine, are more effective against serious disease than mild disease.

Walter Orenstein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are ecologically worried. This is not only a theoretical thing: in fact, we have seen serious accidents in the last few years, the potential of a nuclear contamination is absolutely there.

Nils Andreas Stensønes

Found on CNN
3 years ago

So while there is a theoretical possibility for viral transfer from a voting drop box, in reality the chances of this occurring and it leads to an infection are low.

Erin Bromage

Found on CNN
3 years ago

What were previously theoretical harms have proven to be true. We no longer need to imagine the worst-case scenario ; we are experiencing its dramatic effects in real time.

George Daniels on Wednesday

Found on CNN
3 years ago

President Trump's high crimes threaten our democracy, i'm a black man representing Georgia, born when Jim Crow was alive and well. To me the idea that elections can be undermined is not theoretical.

Democratic Representative

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

How does she know Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's not going to use Facebook to identify the swing voters in the different states to make sure that it's not her that gets the Democratic nomination, right ? and look, I don't think they would be stupid enough to do that now. But until yesterday I thought it was more of a theoretical possibility.

Alastair Mactaggart

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The more massive a galaxy, the more massive the supermassive black hole at its heart. So the study of these galaxies and their evolution will tell us more about the evolution of supermassive black holes, too, massive galaxies are also intimately connected with the distribution of invisible dark matter. This plays a role in shaping the structure and distribution of galaxies. Theoretical researchers will need to update their theories now.

Kotaro Kohno

Found on CNN
4 years ago

My dad invited Rudy Kalman to give a lecture at Ames, and when he did, Dad had an epiphany, rudy Kalman had written a paper about a theoretical' linear' solution to estimating a vehicle's location and speed. The problem was that this was a fundamentally' nonlinear' problem ; that's like the difference in complexity between floating down a lazy river and going over a waterfall, where your motion becomes chaotic and unpredictable. My dad then developed the equations for how to solve this nonlinear problem -- a major extension of Kalman's work.

Greg Schmidt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Even if it's a theoretical possibility, it may be a practical impossibility.

Andrew Michael

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is potentially linking these plants the plants withhigher THC production to higher elevation, but thats all fairly theoretical, so we really cannot pinpoint exactly what the mechanisms for the higher THC level are.

Robert Spengler

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I think it takes going on the record to get these tough conversations started because otherwise it's theoretical.

Angela Harvey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's going to supercharge a sentiment that is already animating the base in a truly unprecedented way, it's not theoretical anymore, it's a clear and present danger.

Kevin Griffis

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

You can make the world’s flu vaccine in a week instead of a year. And by the way, this is no longer theoretical.

Mr Enriquez

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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