general practice
noun
: a usual way of doing things
Their general practice in such cases is to offer a deal.
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As a general practice, the armrests on ergonomic office chairs tend to be bulky.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s the general practice for any filed by the sitting presidential administration.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Nov. 2025
The general practice is to redistrict after the decennial census.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Risks and limitations Researchers suggest that there needs to be more integration of the technology into general practice, as 70% of practitioners with smart stethoscopes stopped using them after 12 months.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Some 15 years before symptom onset, patient visits to general practice physicians increased, as did visits to any physician for symptoms like fatigue, pain, dizziness and mental health conditions.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Current rules restrict out-of-state lawyers from engaging in general practice before Florida courts.
—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Physical symptoms, including fatigue, discomfort, and pain, often accompany depression, said Bruce Guthrie, MSc, PhD, study co-author and professor of general practice at the University of Edinburgh.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 6 Mar. 2025
His wasn’t an unreasonable assumption, since that was the general practice in the 1950s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2013
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s the general practice for any filed by the sitting presidential administration.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Nov. 2025
The general practice is to redistrict after the decennial census.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Risks and limitations Researchers suggest that there needs to be more integration of the technology into general practice, as 70% of practitioners with smart stethoscopes stopped using them after 12 months.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Some 15 years before symptom onset, patient visits to general practice physicians increased, as did visits to any physician for symptoms like fatigue, pain, dizziness and mental health conditions.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Current rules restrict out-of-state lawyers from engaging in general practice before Florida courts.
—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Physical symptoms, including fatigue, discomfort, and pain, often accompany depression, said Bruce Guthrie, MSc, PhD, study co-author and professor of general practice at the University of Edinburgh.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 6 Mar. 2025
His wasn’t an unreasonable assumption, since that was the general practice in the 1950s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2013
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