Thesaurus results for PRACTISES

practices 1 of 2

noun

variants also practises

plural of practice

as in rehearsals

a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance we held one last practice before the big concert

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as in rituals

a usual manner of behaving or doing the store's practice has always been to honor all major credit cards

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as in exercises

something done over and over in order to develop skill practice makes perfect

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practices

2 of 2

verb

variants also practises

present tense third-person singular of practice

as in drills

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 practices

Noun

The attorney general’s office will review the records to determine whether the group violated Missouri’s merchandising practices act, according to a news release. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 However, those conventions become much more meaningful when students understand the intellectual practices underneath them. — Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026 Based on the last few practices, that line will have Anton Frondell centering Tyler Bertuzzi and Lardis. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 With its different perspectives, references and creative practices, the show offered multiple identities, disciplines and points of view. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Boldenone, one of the substances at issue, has been associated with livestock-production practices and meat-contamination claims in prior anti-doping cases involving athletes competing in Colombia. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The medical practices that succeed won’t always be the ones that add more. — Chris Zelig, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Butswinkas said Facebook’s revenue and product development teams were kept separate and that despite having five years to investigate the platform's privacy practices, the state identified only two data breaches. — Mikella Schuettler, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 In fact, a throwback to traditional Chinese spirituality and Western New Age practices pervades much of the town. — Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

Goggles, who practices Arapaho ceremonial ways but dabbles in Christianity, liked the worship band and activities that kept her grandchildren busy. — Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Whittingham said Tommy Carr is the only backup who practices with the first-string offense, getting about 20% of the snaps. — Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 The women were also forced into mandatory blood tests and gynecological exams, practices Hefner stopped in his clubs following the article's publication. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Tóibín practises a sustained reticence, even as fate strikes so cruelly as to give this story an absurdist edge. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 Reinforcement learning is the stage after a base model is trained, in which the system practices tasks and learns which behaviors earn rewards. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Pande is a Brahmin and practices Hindu dietary and ritual practices, such as traveling with his own pots and cookware, in order to draw water from the well and cook his food. — Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026 Someone who practices a memory drill becomes very good at that drill, a little better at tasks that closely resemble it, and no better at much else. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Fried practices art history and criticism as a poetic, almost magical endeavor. — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for practices

Noun

Alleigha was the church's main worship leader and performed alongside Flynn, who sang with the worship team during rehearsals and weekend services, Keyt testified.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Dudamel, though, leads rehearsals with an intensity that seems too manic to sustain.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of rehearsals

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African rainmakers have long served as spiritual leaders in their communities, performing rituals to ask deities to bring rain.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
These impositions are gradual and incredibly well-meaning, although even their medicinal intentions come laced with the word of a foreign lord and savior, whose crucifixes and tales of forgiveness are at odds with the local rituals.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of rituals

Noun

Before strength training, perform lighter versions of your first exercises, gradually adding load.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
According to FlightRadar24, the aircraft, which went by call sign SNAKE4, was conducting exercises off the coast of Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of exercises

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Anyone frustrated by their own scrolling habits should try one small friction tweak first, like grayscale, a notification purge or a home-screen edit, before spending on hardware.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
The store that matches its habits to its real customers beats the one copying whatever the chains are doing this quarter.

— Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of habits

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Flowkey Classic combines interactive lessons, real-time feedback, and a library of thousands of songs to make practice feel more engaging.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2026
Stories are always written about lessons learned by students in the classroom and on the field, but what do coaches, most of them teachers, learn from their students?

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of lessons

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In their nine years together, Leigh had often thought of Beck as a kind of charming insectoid alien in a human suit learning Earth customs.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
After going through customs, the team will settle at its hotel before heading to the practice facility of the Flamengo soccer club.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of customs

Noun

The List is full of her signature folk-rock tricks, looking back on her long, twisted, remarkable life in music.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
In this go-round, all the franchise’s favorite tricks have lost their impact, and its provocations ring hollow.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026