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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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Harrison is a visionary like László, but his practiced charm is undercut by an absence of humanity. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2024 Though Biden has struggled to articulate the case against Trump, Harris did so with the precision and sharpness of a practiced prosecutor. Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 7 July 2024 Somebody who is a practiced politician like Biden will internalize and rehearse lines. Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024 And so Bryan would eventually meet his nemesis when he was confronted by an orator even more practiced, clever, and dramatic than he. Brenda Wineapple, TIME, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for practiced 

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“Practiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practiced. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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