practical
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Elinor, practical but melancholy, bore the difficulties her husband had created for his family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Caretta believes the new findings could help bring multiferroic materials closer to practical use in low-power memory and computing devices.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
But we stepped into this room that was all completely candlelit with real practical candles, and it was quite surreal because it very much was like Billy’s domain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Wopke Hoekstra, the EU's top climate official, said the absences were "not completely atypical" as leaders may have "practical" reasons for not being able to attend a summit.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Both began as practical technologies and became scientific instruments.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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