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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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It found nothing wrong with the practice so long as the benefit was not offered as a quid pro quo to a particular voter.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

“You’re not planning one retirement, you’re planning two timelines with one balance sheet,” he said of a situation he sees often at his practice in Boca Raton, Fla.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 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

This included training on dummies and CPR practice.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

In the meantime, I go to my room to practice how I am going to tell Grandma my decision.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“The bottom line is that they need more money to retire than couples of a similar age,” said financial adviser Josh Norris, who practices in Jackson, Miss.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Hospitals also receive higher reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid than physician practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

American airports dramatically changed in the wake of 9/11, but new policy changes are restoring some previously banned travel practices after 25 years.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

He won an Academy Award for best documentary for "Taxi to the Dark Side," which tackles the US military's interrogation practices in Afghanistan.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

“We are not discussing best practices for vampiric consumption!”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

People who have wrestled with hard questions and practiced working them out by hand will stand out.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

For the last few weeks, the Rams have practiced in the late afternoon, which aligns body clock-wise with their impending morning kickoff in Melbourne.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 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

Many of the world’s first shipwreck discoveries were made by people who practiced one of the oldest of all professions—sponge diving.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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

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

Born and raised in Taiwan, she had been a practicing Buddhist for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 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

“Oh, no, you won’t,” I said, “you’re not practicing any of that stuff on me. I’m not sick enough to go through that again.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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