as in almost
very close to but not completely
practically everyone agreed to help
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Recent Examples of practically
When startups raised over $640 billion globally and founders could practically sneeze their way to a Series A?
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Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
His drive at 17 – the tempting short par-4 that practically begs players to pull out their drivers and go for the green – was a thing of beauty.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
Control compromises The main problem with the Switch 2 Joy-Cons continues to be their thinness, which is practically unchanged from the original Switch.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
In other words, this is quantum supremacy: the point where a quantum computer can perform a calculation that is practically impossible for any classical computer to do in a reasonable amount of time.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
His drive at 17 – the tempting short par-4 that practically begs players to pull out their drivers and go for the green – was a thing of beauty.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
Control compromises The main problem with the Switch 2 Joy-Cons continues to be their thinness, which is practically unchanged from the original Switch.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
In other words, this is quantum supremacy: the point where a quantum computer can perform a calculation that is practically impossible for any classical computer to do in a reasonable amount of time.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practically
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Revenue for Goto’s financial services unit almost doubled last year, reaching 3.7 trillion Indonesian rupiah ($230 million).—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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Weirdly enough, this was one of the first things that popped into my mind after seeing Celine Song's Materialists, a movie that, in almost every way, couldn't be further from Showgirls.—
Aisha Harris,
NPR,
21 June 2025
Adverb
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Kurtz’s homer on Thursday was a 105-mph, 416-foot bomb, but even that was outclassed by the nearly 112-mph moonshot that gave the Astros the 3-1 loss on Monday.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2025
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At more than 400 total feet in height, Starship towers over SpaceX's famous Falcon 9 rocket – one of the world's most active – which stands at nearly 230 feet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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The camera and Internet connection were set up in case the Wild somehow regained a first-round pick and could welcome a new player virtually.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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By 2028, the firm predicts that 15% of routine business decisions will be made autonomously by AI agents—up from virtually zero in 2024.—
Sol Rashidi,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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“Practically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practically. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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