Example Sentences

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Over the years, I’ve tested many theories of what’s wrong with the U.S. media—groupthink, the emperor’s new clothes, availability bias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Guess our theories of what’s going to happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Roosevelt employed Mahan’s theories as assistant secretary of the Navy during the Spanish-American War in 1898, when the U.S. seized Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and more.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

It is testing many long-held theories about bitcoin’s place in the broader universe of tradeable assets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Einstein’s theories are particularly beautiful, as are Maxwell's equations.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife