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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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"We are bucking that national trend," says Bill Graham, a senior administrator at the practice.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Conditional payments are standard practice and allow you to receive medical care, like CT scans and X-rays.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Last month OpenAI was sued for the “unauthorized practice of medicine” by a Florida pastor seeking advice for a pulmonary embolism.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

“He walked up and asked me three things that he can work on,” Mack said of helping rookie offensive tackle Travis Burke after practice.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Elisha had provided a piano so Maggie could practice playing and singing; he expected his future wife to be an accomplished musician.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Across England, there is growing concern about punitive disciplinary practices in schools.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

"The United States is using its lawful authority to obtain the elimination of unreasonable acts, policies, and practices that burden US commerce," said Kush Desai, a White House spokesperson, in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Adams did not respond to a detailed list of questions about FLAG’s financial practices, sweepstakes operation and educational programming.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

By 2023, the resulting embryos were at HRC Fertility in Pasadena, one of the country’s largest IVF practices, which is owned by a publicly traded Chinese firm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The Redeemers who overthrew Reconstruction were inclined to retain such segregation practices as had already emerged, but they displayed no apparent disposition to expand or universalize the system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

It offers a structured, repeatable method for developing empathy as a lived, practiced capacity.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

I read a study years ago that fundamentally changed the way I thought about estate planning and how I practiced it as an attorney and, later, a wealth adviser.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Wellness as practiced and performed by Kennedy is certainly curated to project manliness.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

In a world awash in the politics of envy, he practiced a politics of gratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

She practiced until dark, by which time she was exhausted.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

A practicing Catholic and father of four, Rubio is married to the daughter of Colombian immigrants.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

It’s an annual ritual that once had programs practicing twice or even three times a day.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Dr. Elizabeth Bahar Houshmand, a dermatologist practicing at Houshmand Dermatology in Dallas, said it’s not just the lipids themselves that matter, but the proportions in which they appear.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

She said her commitment to practicing springs from childhood clumsiness—it always took her longer to grasp new movements and techniques than some of her peers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

In one room a man is practicing rotating his shoulder and laughing with a nurse.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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