as in almost
very close to but not completely
practically everyone agreed to help
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Recent Examples of practically
Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes have practically become mainstream.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
MiuMiu practically declared the satin ballet flat the it-fall shoe back in 2022, sending models down the runway in various color combos of their dainty flats with warm chunky socks.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
By comparison, Danceny is practically a boy, unschooled in the art of manipulation, and Reeves provides the character with the appropriate youthful naïveté.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
But her eyes were always pulled toward the mountains in the distance, the peaks of volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl practically calling her name.
—Julie Schwietert Collazo, Outside, 18 Oct. 2025
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
MiuMiu practically declared the satin ballet flat the it-fall shoe back in 2022, sending models down the runway in various color combos of their dainty flats with warm chunky socks.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
By comparison, Danceny is practically a boy, unschooled in the art of manipulation, and Reeves provides the character with the appropriate youthful naïveté.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
But her eyes were always pulled toward the mountains in the distance, the peaks of volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl practically calling her name.
—Julie Schwietert Collazo, Outside, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practically
Adverb
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The Dancing With the Stars judging panel almost got through Wicked night without flying off the handle.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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In September, a 130-unit building in Chicago’s South Shore was raided, with almost every one of the building’s residents — even children — being detained.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Gehl and his staff still have had to intervene when kids have misbehaved over the course of the brewery's nearly decade in business.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In Michigan, where nearly 13% of households receive SNAP benefits, news of the pause had families, from Detroit to Interlochen, preparing to go to food pantries and worried about what's to come.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And in a move with virtually no precedent in rock history, NIN completed the band swap by hiring Freese to replace Rubin.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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From virtually the moment he was hired, Lewis embraced the rivalry with the Bulldogs and the trophy that goes with it.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Practically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practically. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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