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practicality

[prak-ti-kal-i-tee] / ˌpræk tɪˈkæl ɪ ti /
NOUN
concern with actual use
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Double sauce is not necessary, but I like a little indulgence underscoring the practicality of a packable meal.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Girlguiding chief executive Felicity Oswald said "practicality, comfort and sustainability" were at the centre of the redesign, which updates the 1990 version of the uniform.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

It was this same practicality that pushed her to get a job at the Inner City Cultural Center, a multicultural theater company born in the wake of the Watts Uprising.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

These filaments tend to behave unpredictably and often require high voltages, which limits their practicality for large-scale computing.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2026

The archmonk nodded with appreciation for the practicality of Samir’s argument.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

For all the vital high-level talk about plans and policy, there are also the basic practicalities of the preparation for the big move-in day, when everything official changes.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Historically, these intermediate layers were also about the practicalities of transportation and the difficulty of getting election results to Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

The difficult practicalities of the creative life are the subject of Mason Currey’s lively, engaging “Making Art and Making a Living.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

Can you talk through the practicalities of having an open-air practice?

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2026

Whether this process would produce explosions or merely heat became the focus of a rather abstract debate, for the practicalities of harnessing the energy were elusive.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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