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verb

variants also practised
past tense of practice
as in exercised
to do over and over so as to become skilled in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day

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Recent Examples of practiced
Adjective
Oceanfront Royal Suite + Star Prestige: Top-Tier Taste, Tailored to You For travelers with a practiced palate and a preference for the top tier, JOIA Aruba’s Oceanfront Royal Suite hits every high note. Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 The Olduvai Gorge bones, however, don’t appear to have been shaped at random, but instead display a uniformity indicating a practiced methodology and strategy. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
Whether there is a mandate for what is being practiced there will be made clear in the months to come––in Congress, in the courts, in the press, in the streets, and, eventually, at the ballot box. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for practiced
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practiced
Adjective
  • State government has made the education and training of skilled aerospace workers an important priority.
    Yogi Tharanibalan, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
  • The hope, Morrison said, was to encourage employers to bring in skilled workers via the permanent residency pathway, on the theory that immigrants with green cards would, by being on stronger footing, be less likely to undercut wages for Americans than guest workers did.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Several would require the skillful balancing of adverse political interests, including labor unions, real estate companies and pro-tenant groups.
    Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 1 June 2025
  • In short, this is about being emotionally skillful and multifaceted.
    Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Marcus is the latest high-profile Post staffer to exit as Bezos has exercised more control over the news outlet.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This is similar to humans with the obesity gene; those who followed a stricter diet and exercised more often were less likely to be obese.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • When at Maryland from 1999 to 2003, Steve Blake grew into one of the program’s most accomplished starting point guards.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2025
  • Walton, the basketball great and accomplished broadcaster, died in May 2024 from colon cancer.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • Its ambitious and abstract first act is the section best left experienced without fully revealing what’s happening.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
  • Acknowledging the importance of having an experienced caddie in situations like this and having recently lost his own, Homa reached out to one of the best available options.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Erica’s great grandfather was one of a group of 15 that formed a wine cooperative in Sant’Antioco in 1932, the first in Sardinia.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The compact structures make great guest houses, home offices, or creative retreats.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 1 June 2025
Adjective
  • The new board will comprise 11 master sommeliers, plus four non-master sommelier members.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • And coming back to her non-master suite?
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Consult a tax attorney or expert financial advisor for more information and tailored advice.
    True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Melanie also consulted Kristie Rhodes, manager of woven product development at Cotton Incorporated, for expert insight.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 29 May 2025

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“Practiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practiced. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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