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It must be approved by the House of Commons and House of Lords before any change would come into practice.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
But television history is littered with fine ideas that don’t pan out in practice.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
A working group at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which is made up of top state insurance officials, said this summer it plans to clamp down on that practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
High school students permitted to use ChatGPT as a study aid soared through practice questions, but performed worse on tests than peers without AI once the tool was taken away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
By 1860, the practice of bleeding a patient is the last gasp of a treatment that goes back to the "bodily humors" theory of the ancient Greeks.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Andrea Luquetta, an attorney for the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonpartisan group that advocates for consumer-friendly financial practices, said the changes strengthen the forbearance program for Jan. 7 fire victims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
It contains provisions, external that could see a two-year jail sentence imposed on people who conduct conversion practices.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Anthropic said it would give outside evaluators employee-like access to examine its safety practices, training processes and incidents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Caves within their lands have long been linked to spiritual practices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Spanish influence in the Philippines is evident in the country’s language, religious practices, surnames, and culture.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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After Carter lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan, I practiced law in Washington for a few years, before starting the Carlyle Group in 1987.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
This led to a long, profitable, well-publicized run as a familiar New York character: the courthouse fixer, connoisseur of the high life, agent of influence and lawyer who largely practiced law on the telephone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Determining what the LCA looked like and how it moved could help researchers understand the evolutionary steps that eventually produced habitual bipedalism, a form of movement practiced regularly only by humans.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
And as skilled as she was at this repartee, it never came off overly practiced.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Back on the island, Brightbill had practiced flying like hawks and owls and sparrows and vultures.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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When he began practicing urology in the 1980s, the common misunderstanding was that testosterone injections caused prostate cancer, further suppressing research and treatment of testosterone deficiency.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
For two months I’d been practicing this move with an array of students from across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
When Cameron isn’t practicing his moves with pro partner Sharna Burgess, the “Bachelorette” alum has a very personal real estate project to retreat to: his extensively renovated home in Jupiter, Fla.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
In Bhutan's Paro, several hundred proponents of the idea are practicing everything from walking meditation to mindful eating -- slowing down to appreciate the taste, smell, texture and colours of food.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
And even though I am still messing up on the piece I’m practicing, just holding Grace makes me feel better.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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