How to Use theoretically in a Sentence

theoretically

adverb
  • There are a few ways this could, theoretically, still work out.
    — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Now the cake theoretically, this cake is in the oven.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Head here for a look at players who could — theoretically — fit the bill.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 28 July 2025
  • This week would theoretically offer a chance to exhale, but the work doesn’t slow down for them yet.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Bernanke met with anyone on the Right who would meet with him, and who theoretically had juice.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
  • So theoretically, this team wasn’t buried last year.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • So there could theoretically still be some hope of very hardy aliens on Trappist-1b.
    — Eric MacK, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And what about the lives that AI could just as theoretically end?
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • So with good blackout shades, your kiddo theoretically should sleep through the night just fine.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 27 Aug. 2025
  • So with good blackout shades, your kiddo theoretically should sleep through the night just fine.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 28 June 2026
  • These firms could theoretically pony up a lot of cash for Wasserman.
    — Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This year’s Red Sox should theoretically have more depth to draw from.
    — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
  • To denote what the film it about yields a lengthy list of ideas that are theoretically connected.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
  • For a team that’s theoretically supposed to be a contender, that sounds bad.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That would, theoretically, raise the price of the remaining stock that doesn’t trade.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But the season opener is less than a month away now, which means that canvas — theoretically — should be less blank.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Stars that are cooler and fainter can live far longer; the dimmest red dwarf stars theoretically can live on for as much as a trillion years or more.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Even the fire was done in a way that theoretically could have been done back in the 14th century.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
  • That means that the network could, theoretically, try to muzzle him.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
  • One of the big challenges of doing something in the dream world is that there are theoretically no boundaries.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
  • As a member of Gen-Z, this theoretically wasn’t the show for me.
    — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2023
  • The task before him, theoretically, should have been easier than his first four blasts.
    — Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • So theoretically, the X12 would pay for itself in just over a year or so.
    — Joe Salas june 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • But look at the players theoretically available to them at the moment, and the prices being asked.
    — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Spock theoretically could lie but chooses not to.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Spock theoretically could lie but chooses not to.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • All three cars would theoretically share a platform.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But what Project 2025 puts down in black and white is not theoretically scary.
    — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 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
  • This means a single tissue source could theoretically produce a wide range of organ types.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026

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