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Recent Examples of practicality
The designers therefore had much more freedom to balance practicality with aesthetics.
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Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
In my professional opinion, refillable packaging would be most ideal for sustainability and practicality, but this low hanging fruit for right now.
—Stixx Mathews, Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Dongre works with a network of artisans across India, from embroiderers to block printers, creating designs that blend femininity with comfort and practicality.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Of course, there are serious technical doubts about the practicality of weapons that depend on notoriously unreliable, not to mention toxic, nuclear power.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Packing for fall means keeping practicality, lightweight layers, and the right footwear top of mind.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
The concept re-emerges four years after the US Navy and Army canceled their railgun programs in 2021, citing excessive costs, technical hurdles, and questions about operational practicality.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Nearly 80% of Halloween shoppers expect to pay more this year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), and recent e-commerce data suggests practicality is driving candy picks.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
With the driver almost totally exposed in the carbon fiber chassis, these trackday specials were hyperminimal and almost completely unconcerned with practicality.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
In my professional opinion, refillable packaging would be most ideal for sustainability and practicality, but this low hanging fruit for right now.
—Stixx Mathews, Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Dongre works with a network of artisans across India, from embroiderers to block printers, creating designs that blend femininity with comfort and practicality.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Of course, there are serious technical doubts about the practicality of weapons that depend on notoriously unreliable, not to mention toxic, nuclear power.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Packing for fall means keeping practicality, lightweight layers, and the right footwear top of mind.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
The concept re-emerges four years after the US Navy and Army canceled their railgun programs in 2021, citing excessive costs, technical hurdles, and questions about operational practicality.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Nearly 80% of Halloween shoppers expect to pay more this year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), and recent e-commerce data suggests practicality is driving candy picks.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
With the driver almost totally exposed in the carbon fiber chassis, these trackday specials were hyperminimal and almost completely unconcerned with practicality.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practicality
Noun
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Its usefulness as a host of carbon offset markets is limited, and governments should have no illusions that their annual check-in under the Paris agreement will enforce real accountability, much less create incentives for more ambitious national pledges.—
JESSICA F. GREEN,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Nov. 2025
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To attempt to increase the usefulness and accuracy of benchmarks, several research groups have recently proposed new series of tests that better measure models’ real-world performance on economically meaningful tasks.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Although pilots in France, Italy, and the US have shown strong feasibility, challenges still exist.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Critics raised questions about the feasibility of some of his proposals, including free bus services and city-run grocery stores, as well as about his previous comments on Israel.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Practicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practicality. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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