Thesaurus results for PRACTICING

practicing

verb

variants also practising

Definition of practicing

present participle of practice

as in exercising

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 practicing Ponds was inactive for last Sunday’s game against the Packers despite practicing throughout the week. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 As a practicing psychiatrist, Lembke routinely prescribes stimulants for ADHD, opioids for pain and benzodiazepines for insomnia and anxiety. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Michelle Parravani is a practicing minimalist and home organizer at Designing With Less LLC. — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026 Aquamar even offers Wellness Discovery Tours, excursions such as practicing qigong in an Australian rainforest village. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 Cornerback Mansoor Delane, who dressed against the Indianapolis Colts but did not play, also is practicing Wednesday. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 Muzik estimated there might currently be six to 10 practicing reproductive psychiatrists in the entire state of Michigan. — Meg Leduc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026 Mormonism and polygamy Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and others in the movement began practicing polygamy in the early 1840s. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026 Robinson, the third-year edge rusher who has an important season ahead of him, was listed as a limited participant in Wednesday’s drills on the injury report after he was seen practicing early in the session during a media viewing period. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for practicing

Verb

The control group sat on a stationary bicycle for 20 minutes without exercising.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
The habits most consistently linked to lower blood pressure include eating a balanced diet with plenty of fresh vegetables and fruit, exercising regularly, managing stress, limiting alcohol and avoiding tobacco and nicotine products.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of exercising

Verb

Toshpulodzoda is a snapshot of a situation that keeps repeating itself under Descano, a Washington Examiner review of cases found.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
Most pressure-sensitive adhesives are based on polymers, long chains of repeating molecular units that become entangled with one another.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026