How to Use theoretically in a Sentence

theoretically

adverb

• Utah could theoretically get to the CFP even with a loss to the Gators, but the road there would be much harder.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022
• And what about the lives that AI could just as theoretically end?
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
• That, then, could theoretically be a point in favor of taking the case out of the FTC.
  — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2020
• As a member of Gen-Z, this theoretically wasn’t the show for me.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2023
• There's a strong chance Dallas winds up with the No. 4 seed and would thus be the squad theoretically lined up to face Green Bay in the second round.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2022
• Sure, the court said, Uber drivers theoretically get to choose what sort of car to use—but Uber vets the make and model first.
  — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 19 Feb. 2021
• The Swiss driver is back at Indy for the first time since 2015 and theoretically in the best car of her career.
  — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 24 May 2021
• Bernanke met with anyone on the Right who would meet with him, and who theoretically had juice.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• And even in the adult sphere, Lynskey spent most of the first season siloed off from the mysteries that are theoretically the show’s bread and butter.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2022
• Each team in that group theoretically has a case for a No. 1 seed, but their resumes are mixed.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2022
• But what Project 2025 puts down in black and white is not theoretically scary.
  — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• It’s not the friendliest matchup, but theoretically someone has to score for the Bears.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2020
• So there could theoretically still be some hope of very hardy aliens on Trappist-1b.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Texans would theoretically miss out on a haul of picks for the 2021 draft by sitting on Watson, but that shouldn’t be the deadline to trade him.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2021
• Ok, but theoretically what would happen if the US tried to take the Panama Canal?
  — Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
• Head here for a look at players who could — theoretically — fit the bill.
  — Carl Anka, New York Times, 28 July 2025
• But look at the players theoretically available to them at the moment, and the prices being asked.
  — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
• This year’s Red Sox should theoretically have more depth to draw from.
  — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
• In the same ways Minnesota can’t match up with Phoenix’s offense, the same should theoretically be true on the other end.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2024
• When completed, a project could theoretically go from script stage to picture lock all in the same building in the shadow of the Hell Gate Bridge.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Curbed, 2 Feb. 2022
• Bolden could also theoretically be kept as No. 15 -- if the Cavs want to go that way.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020
• 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
• There are a few ways this could, theoretically, still work out.
  — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
• Even though the Saints will theoretically have running back Alvin Kamara back, the rest of the offense has been shaky.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2021
• The NFC West could theoretically get four teams in the playoffs, the division champion and then the three wild card teams.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2020
• The main reason for that is the theoretically endless range.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2023
• But that should, theoretically, also provide the Bears chances to get going on the ground.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020
• The four-time MVP could also theoretically ask for a one-year deal worth around $47 million.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
• While newer black holes have plenty of material to devour, that theoretically wouldn’t be the case for one born within the universe’s first 500 million years.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
• Why would a copyright hold up when an AI could theoretically generate a functionally identical or even superior work without ever having copied the original?
  — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025