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Recent Examples of practicality
O'Brien also highlights the importance of practicality.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Instead of intimidating or purely utilitarian devices, companies like Yukai Engineering are creating robots that integrate into daily life and offer joy alongside practicality.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
In scores of conversations with voters over the past year, the sentiment that came through, above all, was a sense of practicality and pragmatism.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
With a full moon in fellow water sign Cancer on the 3rd, this month offers an early invitation to blend your desires with patience, your ambitions with rest, and your intuition with practicality.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026
Winter workwear is all about balancing polish and practicality.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
In general, bathroom design is predicted to follow the lead of many other areas of the home in 2026—prioritizing warmth, practicality, and timeless finishes.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 31 Dec. 2025
To Avoid Confusion For many parents naming their children, going by the middle name is a matter of practicality—and avoiding a case of mistaken identity.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
From Levi’s jeans and Maybelline lip liners to Apple AirTags and portable heating pads, these fashion, beauty, home, and travel essentials have checked all of our boxes for convenience, practicality, and style.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Instead of intimidating or purely utilitarian devices, companies like Yukai Engineering are creating robots that integrate into daily life and offer joy alongside practicality.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
In scores of conversations with voters over the past year, the sentiment that came through, above all, was a sense of practicality and pragmatism.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
With a full moon in fellow water sign Cancer on the 3rd, this month offers an early invitation to blend your desires with patience, your ambitions with rest, and your intuition with practicality.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026
Winter workwear is all about balancing polish and practicality.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
In general, bathroom design is predicted to follow the lead of many other areas of the home in 2026—prioritizing warmth, practicality, and timeless finishes.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 31 Dec. 2025
To Avoid Confusion For many parents naming their children, going by the middle name is a matter of practicality—and avoiding a case of mistaken identity.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
From Levi’s jeans and Maybelline lip liners to Apple AirTags and portable heating pads, these fashion, beauty, home, and travel essentials have checked all of our boxes for convenience, practicality, and style.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practicality
Noun
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As a result, the rearrangement was largely considered impossible to use in modern asymmetric catalysis, despite its potential usefulness.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
6 Jan. 2026
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 9 Jan. 2026.
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