Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Actively working in, engaging in, or observing something, especially a particular profession or religion.
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- verb Present participle of
practice . - adjective Actively engaged in a
profession . - adjective Participating in the rituals and mores of a
religion .
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Examples
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Billy spent the evening practicing -- softly, to be sure, so as not to wake Baby -- but _practicing_.
Miss Billy — Married 1894
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He learns very little useful knowledge he actually used in practicing law.
Matthew Yglesias » Too Many Lawyers, But Also Too Many Cartels 2010
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March 21, 2010, 1: 01 pm mattski says: cboldt: What I am practicing is restraint.
The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass” 2010
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"Charter hospitals" could certify "smart people" as qualified to begin practicing medicine without any prior experience in the field if they had had "some business background."
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: If Doctors Were Treated Like Teachers Joel Shatzky 2010
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Seems like EV is suggesting those interested in practicing originalism must develop skills to doboth.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010
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My biggest and most demanding lesson is in practicing restraint.
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And the kind of personal religion that people end up practicing is a bizarre concoction of ritual drawn from each other.
A House on Wheels : Anita Rau Badami talks about her novel Tamarind Woman 2010
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He has to go out and be the face of the Republican party, which is filled with these ultra right wingers who do not believe in practicing what they preach.
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EnlargeBy Carolyn Kaster, APPauline Nay, second from left, leads girls in practicing a traditional Eskimo dance in Noorvik on Saturday.
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With respect to rationing – NEVER once in practicing medicine for almost 20 years did I deny care to a patient based on his or her ability to pay.
'None of this is easy,' Obama aide says of health care reform 2009
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