as in almost
very close to but not completely
practically everyone agreed to help
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Recent Examples of practically
There’s something comforting about returning to the films that made the genre so beloved in the first place, where misunderstandings feel harmless and happy endings are practically guaranteed.
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
The team had fired Jerod Mayo, practically handpicked by Bill Belichick to replace him, after just one season, albeit a 4-13 campaign.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
At present, here in early 2026, the cross-section limits from experiments such as XENON have ruled out the standard WIMP miracle scenario in practically every reasonable incarnation.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Showrunner Jess Brownell recently told Entertainment Weekly that the novel season 4 is based on, An Offer From a Gentleman, practically wrote itself for TV.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
The team had fired Jerod Mayo, practically handpicked by Bill Belichick to replace him, after just one season, albeit a 4-13 campaign.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
At present, here in early 2026, the cross-section limits from experiments such as XENON have ruled out the standard WIMP miracle scenario in practically every reasonable incarnation.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Showrunner Jess Brownell recently told Entertainment Weekly that the novel season 4 is based on, An Offer From a Gentleman, practically wrote itself for TV.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practically
Adverb
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The majority of what remained was auctioned off by the French state in a wave of republican sentiment almost a hundred years later.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Last year was almost certainly the first year of the 21st century that preventable child mortality went up rather than down.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Over the course of his Chelsea career, Fernandez has utterly transformed his shot profile, nearly halving the average distance of his attempts.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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For nearly a day, nothing happened.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Over the summer, the NTSB heard 32 hours of testimony over three days, probing virtually every detail of what could have led to the midair collision.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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But Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara has said local authorities have received virtually no official information from the federal agencies probing the shooting.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Practically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practically. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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