practical
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The city’s website describes the Crisis Response Team as “volunteers from all walks of life who provide immediate, on-scene, practical, and emotional support to survivors impacted by personal tragedies,” including homicides.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Applying exponents helps in grappling with inflationary numbers, whether monetary or cosmic, and is more practical than talking in exotic “-illions,” such as milli-millillion and killillion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Dame Mary, 91, recalled how, during wartime, her father grew practical crops such as potatoes, sweet peas and celery to feed the family.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
He plans to use the fund money to hire an attorney to fight for custody, but that’s just the practical remedy.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
“Are we dealing with a real theft,” asked the Paris-Journal, “or a practical joke?”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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