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The phrase "as a hypothetical" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation or scenario that is not real but is imagined for the sake of argument or analysis.
Example: "As a hypothetical, if we were to increase the budget, what impact would that have on our project timeline?"
Alternatives: "in a theoretical context" or "as a theoretical scenario".
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"But as a hypothetical, it'd be different, it would definitely change the energy.
He presented it as a hypothetical: "A young man poses the question to his intended.
(An asterisk identifies a sound as a hypothetical and reconstructed form).
For decades, the $100 barrel stood as a hypothetical outlier in doom-and-gloom conversations about future oil prices.
(Mack described such a scenario as a "hypothetical," and said, "I don't do hypotheticals. I deal with what's real").
Until recently, Mr. Trump has couched the notion of an informant inside his campaign as a hypothetical.
(An asterisk indicates that the following sound or word is unattested and has been reconstructed as a hypothetical linguistic form).
Pavlov in Russia offered temporary associative connections in the nervous system as a hypothetical basis for conditioned reflexes.
Typically, employees who participate in cash-balance pension plans receive regular statements showing their benefit as a hypothetical sum of money that grows over time.
As a hypothetical example, Mr. Summers suggested that an institution could have securities on its books at $60, but the current market price might only be $30.
Carney notes that the president has said, as a hypothetical, that "he would be willing to do this," meaning sign a short-term debt ceiling extension.
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