Examples of what-if in a Sentence
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Filled with bullets, consuming fires and terrific actors like Kirsten Dunst running for cover, the movie is a what-if nightmare stoked by memories of Jan. 6.
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Other key elements of smart manufacturing include predictive maintenance, robotic process automation, edge computing and the digital twin—a simulation allowing engineers to work through crucial what-if situations.
—Adrian Carr, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The predictive power of AI enables manufacturers to leverage historical data and generate what-if scenarios and simulations to identify and implement the kind of proactive operational changes that can make a profound difference in production efficiency.
—Fabio Caversan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
This year, the what-if involves the possible expansion of the child tax credit, which likely would be retroactive to 2023.
—Susan Tompor, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
The news that King Charles III has some kind of cancer has triggered legions of what-if questions on both sides of the Atlantic.
—USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
The software is designed to run what-if scenarios, aiding in optimizing task assignments.
—Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 4 Jan. 2024
Either way, the Tide will need them against Steve Sarkisian’s offense led by talented quarterback Quinn Ewers, who started out hot against Bama last year before an injury sidelined him for the rest of the game and created yet another big what-if in Alabama-Texas lore.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
Winter Kills takes the what-if scenario from Richard Condon’s 1974 novel — what if a Kennedy-like commander-in-chief had been killed by not one gunman, not two gunmen, but a plan involving a half dozen different parties — and pumps it full of nitrous oxide.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Other key elements of smart manufacturing include predictive maintenance, robotic process automation, edge computing and the digital twin—a simulation allowing engineers to work through crucial what-if situations.
—Adrian Carr, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The predictive power of AI enables manufacturers to leverage historical data and generate what-if scenarios and simulations to identify and implement the kind of proactive operational changes that can make a profound difference in production efficiency.
—Fabio Caversan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
This year, the what-if involves the possible expansion of the child tax credit, which likely would be retroactive to 2023.
—Susan Tompor, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
The news that King Charles III has some kind of cancer has triggered legions of what-if questions on both sides of the Atlantic.
—USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
The software is designed to run what-if scenarios, aiding in optimizing task assignments.
—Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 4 Jan. 2024
Either way, the Tide will need them against Steve Sarkisian’s offense led by talented quarterback Quinn Ewers, who started out hot against Bama last year before an injury sidelined him for the rest of the game and created yet another big what-if in Alabama-Texas lore.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
Winter Kills takes the what-if scenario from Richard Condon’s 1974 novel — what if a Kennedy-like commander-in-chief had been killed by not one gunman, not two gunmen, but a plan involving a half dozen different parties — and pumps it full of nitrous oxide.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
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“What-if.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/what-if. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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