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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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Defensive lineman Aaron Donald was not scheduled to practice Wednesday because of a back issue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was punctuated by an automatic voice saying the caller was a prisoner, which is usual practice for calls from Iranian prisons.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But managers realize a lot gets lost when people don’t get practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Being in and around the Riverside, singing the Blaydon Races after team victories and helping academy youngsters with practice is something that has not gone unnoticed.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Just…wrong. I don’t know. She’s sad. She failed her practice test, and she’s saying weird stuff.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Many consumers struggle to distinguish between minimally processed and highly processed products due to confusing labels and marketing practices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The coronation is a day for celebration, involving traditional practices starting from midnight.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Owens was in Indianapolis at the time for practices with his new team.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

He trains regularly with a dance instructor and practices freestyle dancing, from San Francisco to his favorite city, Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He had to make it an ally of the diagnostic process—everything medical needed to be viewed in the context of religious beliefs and social practices.

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

Solmssen practiced law and maintained a second career as a writer, publishing five novels as well as nonfiction work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Employers have reported concerns in precisely those areas, though those skills can also be taught and practiced.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

As a schoolteacher, he encouraged his students to journal daily, a habit he had practiced since he was a boy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Together, the chemical evidence and distinctive tooth damage suggest that hunter-gatherers in Sulawesi practiced habitual betel nut sucking over long periods, leaving striking physical changes in their teeth.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

If so you are in luck, for the traditional platza massage using a venik is practiced in Russian baths to this very day.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The earliest scientific accounts of elephants practicing "self-medication" date back to the early third century.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

I was in my 20s, and practicing consciously dating rather than hopping from one serious relationship to the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“You’re practicing the conversation you have with your mom where you go, ‘I got this new job….’” she joked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Now the child stood pale faced and determined, practicing her pliés.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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