in practice

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What that means in practice is less clear than it sounds.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

In researching how police departments use AI and how digital technologies operate in a democratic society, we have seen how quickly the shift from probabilistic prediction to operational certainty happens in practice.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

"But in practice, I think that'd be difficult."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

So the argument that people would be better off managing their own retirement and healthcare savings doesn’t hold up in practice.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Claudia didn’t know that this sentence was a common one used in practice typing.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg