practice
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In practice, most eggs never leave the cryotank.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
Accreditation determines whether other states will accept a state’s solvency examinations and, in practice, places intense pressure on legislatures to enact specified model laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Two reports on the practice were released on Friday, a year after Denmark apologised for the treatment of Inuit women and girls in its autonomous territory.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
You have experienced some sharp practice, and you need a blunt approach.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
In fact, that very evening, after a celebratory cup of tea, Major Puff took up his marching practice around the burrow while the hare looked on in quiet yet twitchy awe.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Breathwork originated from traditional practices like yoga and has been used in other fields like martial arts for centuries, says Stuart.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Fun or not, other bosses have decided to channel their energy into practices that don’t draw laughs but can win over employees in different ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The researchers point to several practices that can encourage soil life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The end of the summer practices for San Clemente involves jogging from campus 1.8 miles to the San Clemente Pier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Um, thanks for taking me today,” I say to Grace as she turns in to Field of Dreams, the sports complex where we have all our practices and games.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
And as skilled as she was at this repartee, it never came off overly practiced.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Wu and Maayah practiced the transfers every day for a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Before joining Fox News as a contributor in 2018, Compagno practiced law in criminal defense and civil litigation and later served as a federal managing attorney and acting director at the Social Security Administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Tai chi is traditionally practiced in looser clothes and flat shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
She wanted it to be good, and she'd practiced in front of the mirror all summer and role-played with Reagan, but every one of those rehearsed lines disappeared out of her head like poof!
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
That’s a problem because the bar association is a professional guild for practicing attorneys, whose interests aren’t identical to those of law students or the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But beneath all that cuteness, the girls are practicing something more consequential.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
At the time of the 1880 convention, Arthur was practicing law.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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