practice
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This sparked widespread debate, with some users promoting the practice while others questioned its safety.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The American Civil Liberties Union applauded the move over a practice it said conlifted with "human dignity, fairness, and the values enshrined in our Constitution."
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
After practice, Hieu’s parents rewarded him with ice cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The potential of this approach is already being explored in clinical practice.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
We crept quietly down the darkened halls, but they were just as empty as any other night that we’d snuck out to practice.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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The company also said that veterinary practices had, like many businesses across the UK "experienced increased operating costs over the past year, including rises in energy, wages, medicines and other essential supplies".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Workers merely must have “similar cultural knowledge, practices, and beliefs” as well as “life experiences” as the Medicaid beneficiaries they are assisting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Valencia has so much depth this season that the practices are more than competitive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
These include "barriers that undermine American trade and investment and practices that pose a threat to US national security and foreign policy interests", a US statement said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
He was intrigued with the cult of Rajneesh himself, rather than the guru’s practices.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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A graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School, she practiced law at her first husband’s firm and served as general counsel for a parking garage company owned by her second husband.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
A large guan stoneware jar, from the Newark Museum of Art, is one of only a few examples of an experimental eighth- to ninth-century splashed-glaze technique practiced at the Duandian kilns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
“They’ve practiced when they didn’t want to practice. They’ve worked through the tears, the sweat, the hurt, the pain. That’s what made them special. They didn’t make it just because they’re tall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Williams practiced fully Thursday after missing the last three games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Also when they thought he was asleep, he practiced talking.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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One reason is reports that while practicing medicine, Mr. Marshall sued patients over unpaid bills and charged them annual interest up to 18%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Often Rosalía just translates herself: “This job doesn’t have more nobility than un carpintero haciendo sillas—a carpenter doing chairs. It’s just about showing up, about practicing, about trying.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Zacharia, 41, is already under scrutiny over her legal credentials, after giving an inconclusive answer about where she had passed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Well, that’s why the robots were practicing in my apartment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
After about a year, though, he concluded that the amount of time he was spending practicing the accordion was impinging on his chess studies.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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