practical
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If that effort succeeds, the ability to read complex quantum states could become faster, smaller, and more practical.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
In an update on the inquiry website, a spokesperson said the report would be published "at the earliest practical date, however that will not be until after the summer recess of Parliament".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
On a practical level, organizing in rural red-state America is difficult and potentially dangerous.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
In a utopia where technology has solved every practical problem, what’s left would be worth doing?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
It looked geeky to Chase, and his mom had hated “the phone necklace,” as she’d called it, but it was practical.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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