in practice
phrase
—used to say what is actually done or what the actual effect or result of something is
The software is designed to block pornographic websites, but in practice, it blocks many other sites as well.
In actual practice, people sometimes forget to take their medication.
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That is why the dispute reaches beyond a single phrase and into how medical complexity is recognized in practice.
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Michelle Mbekeani,
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1 July 2026
Housing officials are tempering expectations about what that date means in practice.
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Elaine Rojas-Castillo,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
What the purity milestones mean in practice Rare earth element purity is not an abstract metric.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
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Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Housing officials are tempering expectations about what that date means in practice.
—
Elaine Rojas-Castillo,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
What the purity milestones mean in practice Rare earth element purity is not an abstract metric.
—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
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“In practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20practice. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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