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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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While “tradition” does not claim a fixed constitutional meaning, in practice the court looks to esoteric sources like Blackstone and old legal sources that are not easily accessed by laypeople.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

West said recess first thing in the day isn’t ideal and noted part of it became optional in practice because some children wouldn’t arrive until later.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

After being more than a second slower than Antonelli in Friday practice, Russell had been told by the team that the deficit was caused by driving style.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

But under current law, he said, an out-of-state doctor can have a video conference with a patient and that patient’s in-state doctor, and he supports that practice.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

I don’t practice the pieces that we are working on in class.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“We are in direct communication with members, encouraging them to review their policies, staffing, inspection practices, borrower communications, disbursement timelines and determination processes, and escalation procedures,” Gigliotti said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Speaking at a joint press conference with Merz near Cologne after meetings between the French and German governments, Macron said that "right now we are being shaken" by China's trade practices.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Chipotle strengthened its food safety practices, and its sales increased.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

They have unleashed more than $25 billion in domestic investment, helping reverse years of decline caused by global excess capacity and unfair trade practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

My grandfather came to two practices this week.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

While scientists have learned a great deal about the early stages of learning, much less has been known about what happens after a skill has been practiced extensively and becomes almost effortless.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

“He believed that integrity was something you practiced when no one was watching.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

But Sabucha said several of these customs were never genuinely even part of Vlkolinec's past and others were no longer practiced.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Canny readers, meanwhile, practiced scrapbooking—clipping and pasting newspaper articles for future reference.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

On signal, they performed military-style parade maneuvers, which they had practiced in their home districts as often as four times a week for more than a year.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Those results showed that participants practicing TRE lost an average of 3-4 kilos more than people who received nutritional guidance alone, regardless of when their eating window occurred.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

After about two years of practicing, and a couple of weeks out from an operation on her right hand, Freya realised she might never play the piano with two hands again.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Private-practice attorney Nick Owens and Austin Baurichter, a practicing lawyer and Karley’s husband, began drafting the ConserveOhio petition in March to fight back against local plans to build large-scale data centers across the region.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Acting isn’t practicing medicine, but for ‘The Pitt’s’ Isa Briones, Supriya Ganesh and Sepideh Moafi, the challenges women of color face in showbiz mirror those of their characters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The family spent the rest of the evening practicing English.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney




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