practice
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Not only does the practice create a paper trail, it carries steep penalties.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
“It is common practice for tech companies to offer escalating compensation awards to their executives. We are instead directing that equity to the public benefit,” Anthropic said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
We get double the amount of practice time, so I think that’s a blessing when you have new guys.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The first practice session was called off after just nine minutes of running when Carlos Sainz's Ferrari hit a loose manhole cover, badly damaging his car.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
She baked him a birthday cake, and the two of them ate it themselves when Mr. Garner and the twins were at football practice.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Stewart, 88, practices observation meditation twice a day to help him build a healthy relationship with his emotions — watching them, not letting them control him — to deal with the stress of fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
For the human version, the best professional translation practices were applied: One professional translator’s work was checked by another, and a third proofread for readability.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Perhaps one of the most crucial practices they adopted, was what they call “the rumble,” which helped change the workplace culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"These patterns suggest that while similar risk factors across ages are likely, some cancers may have age-specific exposures, susceptibilities, or differences in screening and detection practices," write the researchers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The sisters didn’t question the spirits’ purposes and didn’t comment on the practices of other mediums.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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“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
"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
The devices are distributed across the front line and use the classic jamming method practiced for over a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
“Samira, I’ve already practiced like crazy. No one will hear me from the back row anyway.”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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But the 41-year-old acknowledged Thursday she had failed 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
“Anytime I’m resting in rehearsals, he’s practicing… What you see on Tuesdays, that is his best…”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Like a tennis player practicing serves, it’s by writing lines of code over and over that young engineers discover how to spot bugs—and learn from their mistakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Plus, I’ve been meaning to tell you—the reason I keep asking about fishing is because I entered a contest. It’s next Saturday and I’ve been practicing all the time.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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