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Discover LudwigThe phrase "only hypothetical" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when discussing scenarios, situations, or ideas that are not real or are merely theoretical.
Example: "The results of the experiment were only hypothetical and needed further testing to confirm their validity."
Alternatives: "purely theoretical" or "merely conjectural"
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But those trades were only hypothetical, the S.E.C. said.
But at that point, Mr. Greenberg protested on the stand, the idea was only "hypothetical".
Mendel's genes were only hypothetical entities, factors that could be inferred to exist in order to explain his results.
Bouterwek was dissatisfied, however, with the formalism of Kant's doctrine, and he attacked Kantian logic for producing only hypothetical conclusions.
She noted that the debate was not only hypothetical, but also focused on a small area of the overall topic.
But detailed — if only hypothetical — examples of how to put his advice into practice would have been helpful.
I say "potential" because in many cases, the risks involved are only hypothetical, extrapolations from studies in laboratory animals that may have little or no bearing on people.
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There's a body of work, six hours of television where before there were only hypotheticals; six hours that can now be buffed and chopped and rearranged to ensure that Top Gear can return in better shape next time.
Only a hypothetical gay candidate (32 percent) and a hypothetical atheist candidate (49 percent) fared worse than the Mormon candidate.
In 1980, despite his mother's history of senility, it was only a hypothetical possibility that Mr. Reagan would develop Alzheimer's.
CDA can occur only under hypothetical conditions where a serious power-to-cooling mismatch is postulated.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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