theoretic
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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In anticipation of the listings, there has been a throng of activity on secondary markets where investors are buying unlisted securities, pushing Anthropic's theoretic value to more than $1 trillion.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
“I have no use for a theoretic freedom,” Stravinsky declared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The ninth theoretic instance is harder to shake.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2025
His theoretic concepts on urban design had impermanence as a central theme — the idea that cities rise and fall and are always in flux.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
Such a child, suspicious, afraid of the aggressive impulse which dominates the world, would prove a sad theoretic construction.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
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