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Recent Examples of practical Besides, for Australia and Japan in particular, the practical differences between today’s defense partnership and one of mutual defense are relatively small and shrinking by the day. Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025 Topics include earning passive income online, mastering communication and public speaking skills, acing your job interview, and practical strategies to grow your wealth. Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 26 May 2025 Trade schools focus on teaching practical skills for specific trades or professions. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 May 2025 States warn there could be 'unprecedented chaos' Jeremy Feigenbaum, a lawyer representing the states challenging Trump's policy, stressed the practical problems of not having a national standard for citizenship while the executive order is being litigated. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for practical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practical
Adjective
  • Share helpful, relevant content that is useful to your customers.
    Ryan Ferrier, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The Kagi founder suggested that licensing Google Search could allow entities of all sizes to have genuinely useful custom search tools.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, my emphasis here isn't on the long-term prospects of AGI but instead on the pragmatic impacts of agentic AI.
    Sandeep Shivam, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • But local officials are banking on the 1-cent sales tax – a political strategy, not a pragmatic one, Winston said.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • While the first sale rule is broadly applicable across products and industries, it is considered particularly useful in higher-value consumer goods and luxury products, where margins are greater.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 26 May 2025
  • The average cost of a fast food meal includes applicable state and local sales taxes based on the restaurants' locations.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • But many scientists and engineers believe nuclear propulsion offers the only realistic path for a sustainable campaign ferrying people between the Earth and Mars.
    Stephen Clark – Jun 3, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
  • The Catalan filmmaker was able to provide a realistic depiction of her situation by choosing to emphasize the actual process of coping with the trauma, a process which can’t be rushed.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Latin root of compliance means a physical response to force—what happens to a bodily organ under applied pressure.
    Zoe Roth April 30, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Jain: That’s a powerful example of applied storytelling.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

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