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technical an idea or statement that can be proved from other ideas or statements Her theorem was based on years studying the laws of physics.

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Recent Examples of theorem Understanding, Duminil-Copin argued, is not gained solely through theorems and proofs but also through setbacks. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026 The authors of the current study took a different route, examining whether the theorem could survive when the mathematical description of probability changed. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026 Sparky interpreted the drawing, prompted him to use the Pythagorean theorem, and then asked him to form the appropriate ratio. — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 This began 50 years ago, when mathematicians used a computer to prove the four-color theorem, which asks whether any map can be colored using no more than four colors, with no adjacent regions sharing the same color. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for theorem

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Pike didn’t always have such a cogent theory of the power of the body in performance.

— Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
The idea that the absence of private property and systematic inequality automatically removes coercion—which forms the core of the Marxist theory of history—is not proven.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

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Michael Monaghan, portfolio manager at Founder ETFs, says that's part of the investment thesis.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Written in Latin, the theses were relatively tentative in tone, consisting of 95 short propositions—most just a sentence or two.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Oct. 2026

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