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Example sentences for: theory

How can you use “theory” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"The Gist" brings together all the varying explanations for the president's alleged behavior, looking for a unified theory.
Describing a Pecksniffian scoundrel as merely hypocritically hypocritical implies that something can indeed be less than nothing, as that theory was catechized by Wilbur the pig in Charlotte's Web .
If his theory were true, Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everest would have been motivated by a desire to test new oxygen tanks, and Joshua Slocum would have circumnavigated the world in order rack up frequent-sailing miles.
But, says neurobiologist and olfaction expert Lawrence C. Katz (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States), ‘the onus is now on people who believe otherwise [than the labelled-line model] to provide compelling proof for the cross-fibre theory because now, at least at the periphery, the evidence is compelling for a labelled line for bitter, sweet, and umami’.
For instance, summarizing the New Growth Theory devised by Paul Romer in the 1980s, Lewis says that now "wealth came from the human imagination," and concludes that "the new theory conferred a stunning new status upon innovation."