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practicality

[prak-ti-kal-i-tee] / ˌpræk tɪˈkæl ɪ ti /
NOUN
concern with actual use
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Practicality shapes his approach as much as nostalgia.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

Practicality demanded that the research team shorten that timeline.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

Practicality is not really the Vatican’s thing, but the dramatic flair of a billowing cape definitely is.

From Slate • May 29, 2021

“We will need technologies like carbon capture and storage, for instance, to deal with emissions that are very difficult to eliminate any other way. Practicality is much more important to me than ideological purity.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2020

Practicality and common sense became pillars of his religious faith.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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