in practice
Example Sentences
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But television history is littered with fine ideas that don’t pan out in practice.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
When it came time to take an offline test, the students who used the general platform, which was capable of giving them the answers in practice, scored 17% lower than those with no AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The researchers used Bangladesh to demonstrate how their framework could work in practice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: "Economic growth in every postcode sounds great and is something we would all love. I think it'll actually be much harder to achieve in practice."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In fact Maddie didn’t fly at night for a while after she’d clocked the hours and had her logbook stamped, and she had a difficult time keeping in practice because she used it so little.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
