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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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He said the service should instead replace broken gear with new parts and “address the root cause of those failures” and that this system should not be standard practice.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Those runs and the manner with which they were scored, wouldn't have been possible without those long practice sessions while people weren't watching.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

But television history is littered with fine ideas that don’t pan out in practice.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

A working group at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which is made up of top state insurance officials, said this summer it plans to clamp down on that practice.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

She’s been avoiding me at practice too, and the other day when I was standing at the bus stop, she looked right through me when she drove by with her dad.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Caves within their lands have long been linked to spiritual practices.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

“The bottom line is that they need more money to retire than couples of a similar age,” said financial adviser Josh Norris, who practices in Jackson, Miss.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

The county claims State Farm engaged in illegal and deceptive business practices that kept victims from receiving what they were entitled to under their policies.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

American airports dramatically changed in the wake of 9/11, but new policy changes are restoring some previously banned travel practices after 25 years.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

He is extraordinarily good at marching because he practices every day.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

After Carter lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan, I practiced law in Washington for a few years, before starting the Carlyle Group in 1987.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Defensive lineman Aaron Donald also practiced, but coach Sean McVay said before the workout his status for the opener was continuing to be evaluated “a day at a time.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

The proposal resembles the earliest forms of simple democracy as practiced in ancient Greece.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Determining what the LCA looked like and how it moved could help researchers understand the evolutionary steps that eventually produced habitual bipedalism, a form of movement practiced regularly only by humans.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

This meant parents who were not members of the Nazi Party or who had friends who were Jews or practiced the Jehovah’s Witness faith.

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

Said Harbaugh: “Have to get things to get better, for sure. You know, better job coaching, better job practicing, better job executing. All those things need to be elevated.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

When he began practicing urology in the 1980s, the common misunderstanding was that testosterone injections caused prostate cancer, further suppressing research and treatment of testosterone deficiency.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2026

When Cameron isn’t practicing his moves with pro partner Sharna Burgess, the “Bachelorette” alum has a very personal real estate project to retreat to: his extensively renovated home in Jupiter, Fla.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

“I don’t personally look at it as a pro-vaccine or an antivaccine debate,” said Diamantoni, a practicing family medicine doctor who said he strongly recommends vaccines to his patients.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Or, rather, if you were only depressed while doing your rounds and pretending to be interested in practicing, as opposed to studying, medicine?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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