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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice at Syracuse University, said the Delivery Protection Act would increase Amazon’s costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Even in practice, Freeman’s competitiveness stood out to his new friend.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

For analysts at Equita, an investment bank, del Vecchio's exit "re-establishes a practice of separating ownership and management" within EssilorLuxottica, "which seems appropriate at this stage of tensions in Delfin's governance".

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Norman’s practice of old-fashioned retail politics is faced off by a barrage of television ads on Graham’s behalf.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

Then I showed Ronnie what he had to do to practice.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Investigators typically seek to learn whether the fund manager’s trading or risk-management practices differed from what they told their investors they would do.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

He added that franchise-heavy chains often struggle because the hundreds to thousands of independent owners don’t always agree with corporate leadership on things like menu prices, labor practices, and operations standards.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

A ranking last year by US-Canadian campaign group Stand Earth placed Shein tied for last place on a list of over 40 major fashion brands in terms of their environmental practices.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Every other region of England saw the number of NHS dental practices fall.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Their failure was interpreted as an indictment of their accounting practices, which allowed them to record profits before they were realized.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Mr. Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate, is squaring off against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old Rhodes scholar and doctor who never practiced medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

His first meditation session was July 1, 1973, and from there, he practiced twice a day, every single day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.

From Salon Aug. 16, 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

The accent, the cadence, the theatricality...She didn’t sing like she’d practiced for hours in her dorm room.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

One group has started practicing parkour in a playground.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

A lot of times they were practicing lawyers, but mainly politicians.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Associates can now have a live voice conversation with an AI-generated persona of a shopper, practicing how and what to say to close the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

And part of the fun is meeting locals with similar interests and practicing speaking another language, whether that means going on dates or just making new friends.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

There’s far more here than I’ve ever felt practicing with the other darajas on the temple’s lawns.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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