practicality

Example Sentences

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However, liquid systems often require toxic solvents and may evaporate over time, limiting their practicality.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

"It's a simple fact of people wanting more practicality these days," he explains.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

It was this same practicality that pushed her to get a job at the Inner City Cultural Center, a multicultural theater company born in the wake of the Watts Uprising.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Over many decades, the queen in her public appearances maintained a silhouette of practicality over trend, usually a structured jacket and matching hat, along with Anello & Davide calf leather loafers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

So on Swift’s account the new science is both totally impractical and at the same time obsessed with practicality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton