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also practised
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as in skilled
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
a simple dish that any practiced chef should be able to produce even blindfolded
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as in virtuoso
accomplished with trained ability
a highly practiced performance of a classic ballet
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also practised
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
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
For her fourth consecutive year as host, the comedian proved herself a practiced hand by delivering on this promise.
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Through it all, the growth of dating apps has changed how courtship is practiced.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
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Adjective
Like a practiced preacher, Jim is slowly, methodically leading his congregation—speaking cryptically but with conviction as the music begins to swell.
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Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
For her fourth consecutive year as host, the comedian proved herself a practiced hand by delivering on this promise.
—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
Sebastien Lagree created it in Los Angeles while training clients who already practiced Pilates but wanted more visible physical change.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Through it all, the growth of dating apps has changed how courtship is practiced.
—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practiced
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The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.
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It is stored in plain text in RAM and can theoretically be accessed by administrators, cloud operators, hypervisors, or highly skilled attackers through malware, insider threats, or side-channel attacks.
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Thanks to more than 200 years of intense and virtuoso scientific work, what were once valid or at least plausible concerns and objections to vaccines have been overcome.
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A lot of the movie feels like a virtuoso chase sequence, people barreling down the road, guns blazing.
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Zach LaVine’s agent says the Sacramento Kings player has exercised a $49 million player option for the 2026-27 NBA season, according to reporting by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
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The Hawks have already extended veteran guard CJ McCollum to a one-year deal and exercised the fourth-year team option of forward Mouhamed Gueye.
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Officials have grown increasingly concerned since Anthropic warned earlier this year that its Mythos model was adept at finding software flaws in a way that could be weaponized by malicious hackers and threaten critical computer networks around the world.
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Do this regularly; teenagers are adept at reversing settings the moment your back is turned.
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There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead.
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One of the few calls of the night was from Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, ready to get his hands on the skillful point guard.
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Ramírez then repeated one of the lines from his viral video expressing gratitude for Mexico’s newfound joy.
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Having real and repeated connections with a Nationals player like Cavalli could connect the team more with the people closest to it.
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With so many more girls proficient at flag football entering college age, the NAIA in 2020 was first to offer scholarships and implement logistics for the sport’s next phase.
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The percentage of proficient students in grades 3 to 10 language arts climbed from 57% last year to 61% this year, while math proficiency for grades 3 to 8 climbed from 59% to 62%.
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Cottar also explains what made a CEO swap different from hiring an expert consultant.
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“Practiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practiced. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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