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also practised
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as in skilled
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
a simple dish that any practiced chef should be able to produce even blindfolded
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as in virtuoso
accomplished with trained ability
a highly practiced performance of a classic ballet
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also practised
as in exercised
to do over and over so as to become skilled
in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day
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Recent Examples of practiced
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
For her fourth consecutive year as host, the comedian proved herself a practiced hand by delivering on this promise.
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Popović commended the Bay Area for the show its put on this far, with his team having stayed at The Claremont in Berkeley’s hills and practiced at the old Oakland Raiders’ facility in Alameda.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
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Adjective
Like a practiced preacher, Jim is slowly, methodically leading his congregation—speaking cryptically but with conviction as the music begins to swell.
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Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
For her fourth consecutive year as host, the comedian proved herself a practiced hand by delivering on this promise.
—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
Dakar, whose Hollywood clientele have included Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore, was formerly practiced out of Beverly Hills.
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Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Popović commended the Bay Area for the show its put on this far, with his team having stayed at The Claremont in Berkeley’s hills and practiced at the old Oakland Raiders’ facility in Alameda.
—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practiced
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The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.
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It is stored in plain text in RAM and can theoretically be accessed by administrators, cloud operators, hypervisors, or highly skilled attackers through malware, insider threats, or side-channel attacks.
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Thanks to more than 200 years of intense and virtuoso scientific work, what were once valid or at least plausible concerns and objections to vaccines have been overcome.
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A lot of the movie feels like a virtuoso chase sequence, people barreling down the road, guns blazing.
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Zach LaVine’s agent says the Sacramento Kings player has exercised a $49 million player option for the 2026-27 NBA season, according to reporting by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
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The Hawks have already extended veteran guard CJ McCollum to a one-year deal and exercised the fourth-year team option of forward Mouhamed Gueye.
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Officials have grown increasingly concerned since Anthropic warned earlier this year that its Mythos model was adept at finding software flaws in a way that could be weaponized by malicious hackers and threaten critical computer networks around the world.
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Do this regularly; teenagers are adept at reversing settings the moment your back is turned.
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There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead.
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One of the few calls of the night was from Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, ready to get his hands on the skillful point guard.
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While not commenting directly on a report indicating that Nancy Guthrie had died, the Today co-anchor tearfully repeated her plea for anyone with information to come forward.
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The first heat advisory of the summer was issued on June 15 and repeated daily through the 21st.
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With so many more girls proficient at flag football entering college age, the NAIA in 2020 was first to offer scholarships and implement logistics for the sport’s next phase.
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The percentage of proficient students in grades 3 to 10 language arts climbed from 57% last year to 61% this year, while math proficiency for grades 3 to 8 climbed from 59% to 62%.
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“Practiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practiced. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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