practice
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Education, properly understood, is a practice in humility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
On the white-ball tour of India last year, while working for the host broadcaster, he was bemoaning the lack of practice, external that England's players had opted for in the build-up to games.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
When it came time to take an offline test, the students who used the general platform, which was capable of giving them the answers in practice, scored 17% lower than those with no AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Okay, I’ll hold you up while you practice moving your arms and legs. Go on, you can do it!”
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Caves within their lands have long been linked to spiritual practices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
“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
A left knee injury that sidelined Garrett for most of training camp and preseason practices has got to be a major concern for coach Sean McVay and defensive coordinator Chris Shula.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Her other best practices include showering in lukewarm water for no longer than 10 minutes and always moisturizing afterward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Yusef had become a good friend of Navid s, and I’d been completely unaware of this until he started showing up to our breakdancing practices.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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Doubtless the most effective way Jews have practiced Jewjitsu is through their contributions to society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
And as skilled as she was at this repartee, it never came off overly practiced.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Individually, they are stylists with distinct musical personalities, but they are exceptionally practiced in fitting in not only with each other but also with the orchestra at large.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Samira, I’ve already practiced like crazy. No one will hear me from the back row anyway.”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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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
Neither has her daughter, who, she said, is living in Australia and also practicing Buddhism.
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
In the thousands of foul shots I had taken while practicing for this moment, my mind had learned where the rim was.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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