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also practised
1
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 skillful
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
Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
In a recent appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Brad Pitt walks into the room with practiced affability.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Wearing navy pants and Vans, Phinnaeus practiced riding his skateboard in a skatepark pool.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
At Daniel Bey’s ranch house, in the heart of Kansas City, Kansas, the 41-year-old cowboy and horseman readies his nylon and polyester rope with practiced ease.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
In a recent appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Brad Pitt walks into the room with practiced affability.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Verb
Contemporary fiction as it is practiced today in many mainstream forms is honed to that rapid symbolic interpretation.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Wearing navy pants and Vans, Phinnaeus practiced riding his skateboard in a skatepark pool.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practiced
Adjective
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Approximately 90 percent of formalwear garments are manufactured in Asia, including in China, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Myanmar and other countries that have the skilled labor and infrastructure needed to produce them.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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If your Wi-Fi is protected by a weak password or uses outdated encryption, a skilled attacker might gain access without ever stepping inside your house.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As if that wasn’t enough, Twenty One Pilots also continues to demonstrate a skillful way of designing TikTok- and Instagram story-ready moments for fans of all flavors.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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Ragnar is one of the very best Nordic crime writers, as skillful in thrillers like this series as in murder mystery stories.—
Anders de la Motte,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Farmers exercised a right, a rare sight However, this display, engineered by farmers, suggests a departure from the control elite priests had over the right to worship and build centers for astronomical observation and ritual.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Hill’s option will likely be exercised; there’s no reason for the club to part ways with him.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Arteta is of the view that fighter pilots are some of the world’s most accomplished communicators.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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When Kidman was a child, her grandmother and her mother, both accomplished seamstresses, often made her clothes.—
Wendell Steavenson,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Yet, despite this thorough materialism, the survival of Lucretius’ poem depends entirely on two manuscripts copied out in the Carolingian period, and one of them was certainly at the royal court, where it was studied and annotated by the Irish scholar Dungal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Among his critiques was that the Fed had grown too big and experienced mission creep.—
Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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The stars that form gather material from everything, cumulatively, that all of the different particles that form them experienced.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For those who are ready to trade in their simple drip coffee set up for something a bit more advanced, Seattle Coffee Gear is a great independent retailer for coffee-brewing appliances and accessories.—
Melissa Knific,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
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Being a great place to work is about structure as well as culture, whether the business in question is listed, family-owned or private equity-backed.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And coming back to her non-master suite?—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
8 Dec. 2022
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On the lower deck, owners can choose between three or four cabins, with a mid-master stateroom anchoring the layout.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2022
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“Practiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practiced. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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