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Definition
to form a theory (a belief about how something works or came about — often without having absolute proof)
- What's the use of theorizing?3.5 Part 3 Chapter 5 — Their Brothers' Keepers (13% in)
- "It's perfectly useless to theorize about the future," snapped Taggart, "when we have to take care of the emergency of the moment.3.3 Part 3 Chapter 3 — Anti-Greed (57% in)
- This is no time to theorize about who's right or wrong," the newspapers commented.3.6 Part 3 Chapter 6 — The Concerto of Deliverance (3% in)
- "We can't theorize about the future," cried Wesley Mouch, "when here's an immediate national collapse to avoid!3.6 Part 3 Chapter 6 — The Concerto of Deliverance (52% in)
- I told them so-all those fool intellectual theorizers, like Wesley!3.8 Part 3 Chapter 8 — The Egoist (52% in)
There are no more uses of "theorize" in Atlas Shrugged.
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