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Recent Examples of practicality
Galison Blooming Terrariums Magnetic Bookmark My teenage daughters love enhancing the aesthetic of their reading time with pretty bookmarks, and these magnetic options provide both a touch of blooming beauty and practicality with a magnetic feature.
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Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
And Jordan's performances as Smoke and Stack are indeed confident and distinctive, not just in their different sartorial choices but in their mannerisms, with the actor excelling at portraying both Smoke's stoic practicality and Stack's swaggering charm.
—Ken Simmons, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
London fashion is less about trends and more about practicality with personality.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
In practicality, those settlements were only a ticket to a new fight for compensation, this time with the Florida Legislature.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Inside the cabin The interior mixes practicality with personality.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
The result is a nod to the past, yet infused with modern sensibilities and practicality.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Mar. 2026
Let practicality be your guiding light under this lunation.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
Moore seems to share our appreciation for practicality since the nightstand is also equipped with a drawer that provides generous storage for your collection of silk eye masks and melatonin gummies.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
And Jordan's performances as Smoke and Stack are indeed confident and distinctive, not just in their different sartorial choices but in their mannerisms, with the actor excelling at portraying both Smoke's stoic practicality and Stack's swaggering charm.
—Ken Simmons, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
London fashion is less about trends and more about practicality with personality.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
In practicality, those settlements were only a ticket to a new fight for compensation, this time with the Florida Legislature.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Inside the cabin The interior mixes practicality with personality.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
The result is a nod to the past, yet infused with modern sensibilities and practicality.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Mar. 2026
Let practicality be your guiding light under this lunation.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
Moore seems to share our appreciation for practicality since the nightstand is also equipped with a drawer that provides generous storage for your collection of silk eye masks and melatonin gummies.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practicality
Noun
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In court filings, Kalshi has tried to argue that its sports prediction market has economic utility and usefulness.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Anya-Gafu, however, thinks the ratio has lost some of its usefulness.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The sweeping scope of the investigations has drawn scrutiny over their feasibility and rationale among trade experts.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Practicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practicality. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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