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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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The system must also undergo prospective testing, particularly among people at increased risk of pancreatic cancer, before researchers can determine whether it will be effective in everyday clinical practice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Now, his Miami residence offers its next owner a place to unwind between matches—with room to practice their own serve.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Although ideology "matters for symbolic encounters," it is "not that relevant" in practice, according to Oliver Stuenkel, an international relations professor at the FGV.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

In practice, this means that defense officials in European partner nations keep calling each other to compare notes on what they had been told by France, senior defense officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Then hold practice drills until your people can disappear in that room without a trace in less than a minute.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

For Vicinanza, the new findings reinforce the relationship between traditional food practices and modern discoveries about how the body functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Many federal agencies also have civil enforcement powers to address unsafe, unfair, or deceptive business practices.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

Housing and communities minister Florence Eshalomi said, external the new code "will give drivers a range of rights and protections to make these unfair practices a thing of the past".

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

He flummoxed his teammates during training camp practices by jumping into passing lanes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

James Garfield tried to stay neutral in the disagreements, though he more often aligned with those who promoted reform of government hiring practices.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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

"I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials," she told Newsweek, without clarifying whether she held a US law license.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

As the longevity physician Hillary Lin described it at a women’s health event, longevity medicine is “good medicine, practiced early.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Sailors practiced dead reckoning: Start from a known point, multiply speed by elapsed time, and then hope for the best.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

As he and Collins strolled down Flatbush Avenue, they were playing what is called “blindfold chess,” a form of the game practiced throughout the ages.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Some kids truly have the resources to explore any of their interests, and to continue practicing them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Their security team is led by Savage, with a crew of dedicated lesbians and a few men with guard cards to make sure no weapons enter the party, practicing deescalation, conflict resolution and mediation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Instead, it is more likely that of the roughly twenty-five million people living in the United States in the early 1850s, more than a million were practicing Spiritualism of some kind.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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