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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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It is common practice for the state to consider aligning its tax code with the federal structure to make filing taxes easier and administering them more cheaply.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

In practice, most eggs never leave the cryotank.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

Two reports on the practice were released on Friday, a year after Denmark apologised for the treatment of Inuit women and girls in its autonomous territory.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

You have experienced some sharp practice, and you need a blunt approach.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Dad pushed back from the table and said, “Well, I guess I’ll go practice some diversified farming.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

But they said that they could not conclude that genocide had taken place "on the basis of contraceptive practices alone".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Fun or not, other bosses have decided to channel their energy into practices that don’t draw laughs but can win over employees in different ways.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

In 2023, the California Department of Justice launched a civil rights probe into the practices by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department that led to the spike in in-custody deaths.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

"All healthcare professionals should encourage patients to adopt healthy lifestyle practices and evidence-based therapies, while also helping them reduce their consumption of ultra-processed foods," Hennekens said.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

It was trying to explain, describe, and systematize musical practices that were already flourishing because people liked the way they sounded.

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

And as skilled as she was at this repartee, it never came off overly practiced.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

But they taught my siblings and me not to be ashamed of our roots and to give to those less fortunate, a philosophy that Parton practiced to the end of her 80 years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Our parish lived and practiced American Catholicism’s long tradition of welcoming the stranger, the outcast, the refugee — following the example and words of the Gospel we read every Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The other thing I practiced like crazy was karate.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

But beneath all that cuteness, the girls are practicing something more consequential.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

One group has started practicing parkour in a playground.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The best part of her day is when she spends evenings practicing tai chi with a half dozen friends at a nearby park.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

A lot of times they were practicing lawyers, but mainly politicians.

From Slate Aug. 10, 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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