unempirical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unempirical
Adjective
  • Final Approach The consequences are no longer theoretical.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • For the first time in decades, the question of succession is no longer theoretical.
    Pegah Banihashemi, Twin Cities, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • The enforcement of such nonempirical standards as taste and judgment implies a kind of cultural and aesthetic hierarchy that Silicon Valley’s ruling class embraces ruthlessly but will never admit to countenancing.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Each story represents a fresh challenge of how to say things in a nonempirical way.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
Adjective
  • To see how this all works, consider Maria, a 58-year-old hypothetical diabetic patient who hasn’t filled her statin prescription.
    Mika Newton, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Polling of a hypothetical election matchup for lieutenant governor shows Republican incumbent Dan Patrick leading Democratic state Representative Vikki Goodwin, 46 percent to 42 percent.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Even with the recent resurgence in speculative stocks, the Schwab US Large-Cap Value ETF (SCHV), is outperforming its growth sibling, the Schwab US Large-Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) +8.35% versus +4.34% year-to-date.
    James Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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“Unempirical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unempirical. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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