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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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"We urge the public to remain calm, vigilant and to practice regular handwashing and sanitising," it said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Graham’s spokesperson said requiring a fundraising minimum for a dinner was normal practice.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sexton, who said he felt good at practice, was asked about playing against the Warriors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Meaghan VerGow, co-chair of the securities litigation and financial services practice at O’Melveny & Myers, said that while allegations of mis-valuation and excessive fees are hard to prove, the results of these cases are unpredictable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Amy and Isaac Post were also abolitionists, passionate about ending the practice of slavery.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The compounding pharmacy that issued the recall was previously reprimanded by the FDA for “serious deficiencies” in their practices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Some local fire codes, home insurers and communities have already adopted various best practices associated with Zone 0 and broader defensible space, which spans up to 100 feet from a structure across distinct zones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has been hit with another massive fine for its business practices.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Another research paper found that small doctors’ practices in the U.S. spent — or wasted — nearly four times as much dealing with insurers as they do in Canada, with a single-payer system.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Amil only does his best work on the paper after he practices on his bits of flour bags, ends of newspaper, whatever he can find.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

Williams practiced fully Thursday after missing the last three games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

"I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials," she told Newsweek, without clarifying whether she held a US law license.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The devices are distributed across the front line and use the classic jamming method practiced for over a century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

As the longevity physician Hillary Lin described it at a women’s health event, longevity medicine is “good medicine, practiced early.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Seven’s stomach churned with fear, and she practiced her combat skills and magical attacks in her head the whole way.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

But the 41-year-old acknowledged Thursday she had failed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I know what it’s like to be on the front lines,” said Pan, who spent a dozen years teaching and practicing pediatrics before being elected to the Assembly in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Some kids truly have the resources to explore any of their interests, and to continue practicing them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Like a tennis player practicing serves, it’s by writing lines of code over and over that young engineers discover how to spot bugs—and learn from their mistakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

So if you want to learn music theory, it would be a good idea to spend some time getting comfortable with the concepts below and practicing identifying intervals.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones


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