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Recent Examples of practicality
Each piece balances luxury with practicality.
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Malana Vantayler, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Equal parts practicality and poetry, French footwear strikes a delicate balance between timeless craftsmanship and modern cool.
—Shelby Comroe, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
The strength of multi-model AI lies in its practicality and usability.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Sorel is known for durable, weather-ready footwear, and this all-white pair delivers that same practicality in a sleeker package.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
The Northeast’s winter storm interlude—coupled with a few early signs of spring—meant that our team came prepared to brave the city’s slick streets in a series of statement outer layers, atop some clever base ones to bridge polish with practicality.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026
Beyond performance, another major appeal of the technology is its practicality.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
Not only do her clients love them for their practicality (no grout lines to clean), but also their beauty and simplicity.
—Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2026
Avoid trendy or clashing colors and instead opt for timeless, natural tones with dimension; consider roof slope and visibility to match style with practicality.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
Malana Vantayler, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Equal parts practicality and poetry, French footwear strikes a delicate balance between timeless craftsmanship and modern cool.
—Shelby Comroe, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
The strength of multi-model AI lies in its practicality and usability.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Sorel is known for durable, weather-ready footwear, and this all-white pair delivers that same practicality in a sleeker package.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
The Northeast’s winter storm interlude—coupled with a few early signs of spring—meant that our team came prepared to brave the city’s slick streets in a series of statement outer layers, atop some clever base ones to bridge polish with practicality.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026
Beyond performance, another major appeal of the technology is its practicality.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
Not only do her clients love them for their practicality (no grout lines to clean), but also their beauty and simplicity.
—Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2026
Avoid trendy or clashing colors and instead opt for timeless, natural tones with dimension; consider roof slope and visibility to match style with practicality.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practicality
Noun
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For buyers considering nearby homes or apartments, that daily usefulness matters.—
Blaine Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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The moral instincts of Claude’s creators are in tension with its military usefulness.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In a 13-0 vote, the council instructed the Office of Finance with assistance from top city analysts to report on the feasibility of raising the program’s threshold, as well as potential fiscal impacts.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Primary and Fallback components are individual self-driving agents that generate their own routes, but the Guardian’s job is to first evaluate the safety and feasibility of what the Primary side has proposed.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Practicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practicality. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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