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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
Since Bernshteyn’s result, his peers have been exploring how to move back and forth across the bridge to prove new theorems on either side, and how to extend that bridge to new classes of problems.
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Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
This simple idea, of searching for an answer, can be taken up a level — to much, much bigger maps, and to much harder problems than navigation, such as solving a complex puzzle or proving difficult mathematical theorems.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
The team point, for example, to mathematician Kurt Gödel’s first incompleteness theorem, which states that no consistent system of axioms that can be listed by an algorithm that will prove all the truths about the arithmetic of the natural numbers.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
The philosopher Carl Lundgren, applying Bayes’s theorem to the probability problem, estimates a likelihood—in Cold War-type geopolitical conditions—of one nuclear war every 74 years, a remarkably close number to this.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
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Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
This simple idea, of searching for an answer, can be taken up a level — to much, much bigger maps, and to much harder problems than navigation, such as solving a complex puzzle or proving difficult mathematical theorems.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
The team point, for example, to mathematician Kurt Gödel’s first incompleteness theorem, which states that no consistent system of axioms that can be listed by an algorithm that will prove all the truths about the arithmetic of the natural numbers.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
The philosopher Carl Lundgren, applying Bayes’s theorem to the probability problem, estimates a likelihood—in Cold War-type geopolitical conditions—of one nuclear war every 74 years, a remarkably close number to this.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorem
Noun
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Such theories were met with some skepticism by trade researchers at the time, and not all of the predictions have come true.—
Josh Ederington,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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As the search continues with no suspects or persons of interest, posts across Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook and YouTube have put millions of eyeballs on tips and theories surrounding her disappearance.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In fact, as the year progressed, my thesis had come to seem like a classic office job.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Catch up on any investment thesis for stocks that may trade near or below the average cost basis or most recent buy.—
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CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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