PRACTICALITY Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

practicality

noun

Definition of practicality

as in usefulness

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Recent Examples of practicality These clothes are meant for spring, so the practicality of the Burberry brand was rendered though layered looks that offered the agility needed to live through three months of April showers. — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Tesla, meanwhile, would need to build distribution and service coverage and establish charging confidence in a market where buyers remain highly sensitive to price and practicality, Tsoai said. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 The look married form and function, pairing style with practicality for walking through fields and playing shinty, a traditional Scottish sport. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Later, the Sagittarius Moon squares the Virgo Sun, pulling us between possibility and practicality. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Although Cruise successfully shortened his time in the makeup chair, the practicality of wearing the fat suit and prosthetics was still difficult. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Behind its 19th century façade are 114 contemporary rooms and suites, designed with comfort and practicality in mind. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 Nonfunctional Items Minimalists have learned to keep practicality and not just aesthetics top of mind when shopping for their homes, Ruiz states. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 16 Sep. 2026 Subaru's subcompact hybrid SUV checks all the boxes for drivers shopping in this segment including affordability, build quality, fuel efficiency, engaging driving dynamics and practicality. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

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Colleges and universities reconsider the SAT Because of concerns about the usefulness of the SAT in college admissions, around 2000 about 280 colleges and universities moved to make the SAT an optional part of the admissions process.

— Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Now, a group from Stanford University has found a way to advance their usefulness for studying brain development and disease — by instead growing them inside mice that have had large parts of their own brains genetically removed.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of usefulness

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So where does that leave us as far as the feasibility of warp drives?

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
The data will also feed into feasibility engineering, operating and capital cost modeling, and the design of future demonstration-scale systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

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