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verb

variants also practised
past tense of practice
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
Adjective
Oceanfront Royal Suite + Star Prestige: Top-Tier Taste, Tailored to You For travelers with a practiced palate and a preference for the top tier, JOIA Aruba’s Oceanfront Royal Suite hits every high note. Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 The Olduvai Gorge bones, however, don’t appear to have been shaped at random, but instead display a uniformity indicating a practiced methodology and strategy. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
Whether there is a mandate for what is being practiced there will be made clear in the months to come––in Congress, in the courts, in the press, in the streets, and, eventually, at the ballot box. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for practiced
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practiced
Adjective
  • While advanced data analytics can flag some of these anomalies, a skilled negotiator with full market visibility can go deeper.
    Eric Steele, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Despite being made by skilled artisans on the Sicilian coast and designed in Sydney, the U.S. market is already one of its main drivers, its founder and interior designer Isabella Wilde said.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • But despite those skillful trappings, the story soon feels ponderous.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • And there was also skillful attention to the right marketing and distribution details.
    Andrew Tobias, Vulture, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Marcus is the latest high-profile Post staffer to exit as Bezos has exercised more control over the news outlet.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Specifically, they’ve been exercised over the managers’ asking their portfolio companies to assess the long-term financial implications of global warming.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Today, he’s recognized as one of the most accomplished architects of all time.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • Davis was described as an accomplished photographer, videographer, filmmaker and editor with skill in the technical performing arts.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Part of his reasoning for his decision to leave out such experienced internationals from his Euros squad was to offer more players major tournament experience.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • Its precision and skill matched that of experienced surgeons.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • This is a great NBA Summer League matchup; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • Santangelo is a member of the Giants broadcast team and a host on KNBR 680 AM and 104.5 FM in San Francisco, where every day is a great day to discuss baseball.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • The new board will comprise 11 master sommeliers, plus four non-master sommelier members.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • And coming back to her non-master suite?
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Jesse Nelson, store manager at Family Tree Nursery in Shawnee, shared some expert advice for local gardeners on how to keep your annuals healthy when things get hot.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
  • However, such expert predictions should be taken with a grain of salt, as researchers have consistently been surprised by the rapid pace of AI capability advancement.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025

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“Practiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practiced. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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