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practical

[prak-ti-kuhl] / ˈpræk tɪ kəl /




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"I'd always wanted to do a practical job, and my brother-in-law had just gone through the training for a train driver and said, 'why don't you try it?'."

From BBC

By leveraging these newly discovered structures, scientists may be able to develop more reliable quantum systems, opening the door to practical, real-world applications.

From Science Daily

So, if you wanted to exclude Netflix, you’d have to know all the domains it accesses to get it to work properly, which isn’t always practical.

From Salon

Canada is both blessed and cursed by its proximity to America, but we have little practical alternative to making the best of our relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal

In some cases, this even makes it practical to use precious metals in industrial applications.

From Science Daily