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practicing

[prak-ti-sing] / ˈpræk tɪ sɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
engaged
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absorbed committed employed engrossed interested involved occupied preoccupied working
STRONG
doing immersed performing pursuing signed
WEAK
at work connected with dealing in deep in place in use intent rapt tied-up unavailable wrapped-up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bored disinterested idle inactive uninterested unoccupied
WEAK
available disengaged inoperable not working uninvolved
ADJECTIVE
operating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding
WEAK
at work
ADJECTIVE
using
Synonyms
STRONG
accepting adopting applying employing proving testing working

Example Sentences

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Young Daniel was at his side and doing the same, perfecting a firm handshake, practicing looking people in the eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

What is meant is that among practicing Jews, Miller wasn’t truly a Jew, but he considered himself Jewish nonetheless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“I feel like the doctor shouldn’t be practicing anymore.”

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

After years of practicing, Moon felt inspired to share her love of sound baths with others.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

She and Ivan had gotten too rambunctious practicing with the weapons Kin had given them inside her barn just after this year’s Shavuot, and they’d knocked all the tools off the walls.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack