practical
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Landlords may soon find it more practical to sell their rental properties and open pet boarding hotels instead.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Ultimately, pro-democracy Americans will need to learn and enact what can be described as political grit — an antidote to despair that combines practical, spiritual and emotional approaches to political action.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
He plans to use the fund money to hire an attorney to fight for custody, but that’s just the practical remedy.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Satisfied with the test results, he said "important ultra-high defence science and technologies were introduced into the practical weapon tests."
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
As a practical matter, at thirty-eight I now had to raise our daughters on my own.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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