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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
That’s because those cohabiting birds are the protagonists of a deceptively simple mathematical theorem called the pigeonhole principle.
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
In the end, the group derived a collection of complex lemmas, or intermediate steps in a theorem, that, together with the categories, used proof by contradiction to find no matching paths.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Turing’s proof of the theorem is scrawled over two sheets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
So somebody might try to construct a mathematical theorem and then hundreds or even thousands of years later, somebody else finishes it off.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
In the end, the group derived a collection of complex lemmas, or intermediate steps in a theorem, that, together with the categories, used proof by contradiction to find no matching paths.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Turing’s proof of the theorem is scrawled over two sheets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
So somebody might try to construct a mathematical theorem and then hundreds or even thousands of years later, somebody else finishes it off.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorem
Noun
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Carney and Sheinbaum offer an opportunity to test a different theory.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Terrain theory applied Terrain theory's clash with reality has become painfully apparent amid Kennedy's handling—or more accurately, mishandling—of the current measles situation in the US.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Padova, his university city, is 20 kilometers from the floating city, and his masters thesis focused on subsidence in Venice.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Pitchers As far as pitching goes, the thesis couldn’t be simpler — do our best to avoid any bias attached to surface stats (outputs) by instead focusing on underlying metrics (inputs).—
John Laghezza,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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“Theorem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theorem. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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