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practice

[prak-tis] / ˈpræk tɪs /


NOUN
business; clientele of business
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Reaves didn’t participate in practice Saturday but Collin Sexton was a full participant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

"Classic IT disaster planning strategies suggest using a second service for resilience, but in practice, it's almost impossible for a business to function without tools such as Microsoft," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

“There’s no single playbook,” said James Citrin, head of global CEO practice at executive-recruiting firm Spencer Stuart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Luke Lango, a technology analyst and author of the Innovation Investor newsletter, said this practice led to Nvidia being dubbed as the “central bank of AI” in certain circles.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

She’s been avoiding me at practice too, and the other day when I was standing at the bus stop, she looked right through me when she drove by with her dad.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Last month, Meta, which is also behind Instagram and WhatsApp, was hit with its largest fine ever for its business practices.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Mom-and-pop clinics are disappearing as private-equity firms and large corporations buy up small practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Megaspeed said it hired a “leading U.S. law firm” to lead a comprehensive census of its graphics processing units and independently verify its export control compliance practices.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Clayton Colmon, director of curriculum design for online learning at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts & Sciences, studies how emergent technologies influence traditional practices of writing and research.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Collin is a kid who skateboards at the park where the summer team practices.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

This is a contemporary novel through and through, and Schoenbrun writes with practiced conviction, subtly differentiating the different characters’ perspectives without dropping the pace.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Lakers rookie guard Cameron Carr, who has been out with a right oblique strain, practiced with the Coachella Valley Lakers on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Among the Knight truths: Players who practiced best always got to play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

In a statement this week, Zacharia said, “I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

We practiced about half an hour every day, after our ravioli dinners.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

In this year’s election season orchestras have been practicing the call for democratic thinking on a global scale, including in Los Angeles, Boston and Leipzig, Germany.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

More than three centuries ago, 19 residents of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, mostly women, were tried and executed after being accused of practicing witchcraft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Sessions can include practicing chores such as folding laundry, brushing teeth and working on communication skills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

But the 41-year-old acknowledged Thursday she had failed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Or, rather, if you were only depressed while doing your rounds and pretending to be interested in practicing, as opposed to studying, medicine?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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