in practice
idiom
—used to say what is actually done or what the actual effect or result of something is
The software is designed to block pornographic websites, but in practice, it blocks many other sites as well.
In actual practice, people sometimes forget to take their medication.
Examples of in practice in a Sentence
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A lot of times, coaches will have ones versus twos in practice.
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2024
The 49ers typically refrain from listing which players participate in practice until the regular season starts, and that is especially true for voluntary workouts like OTAs.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
But many still questioned how the settlement would pan out in practice.
—Anna Betts, New York Times, 25 May 2024
In my own medical training, using grounding strategies (like box breathing) to calm my nervous system was neither taught in medical school nor modeled by mentors in practice.
—Sadie Elisseou, STAT, 23 May 2024
Yet, in practice, there’s only ever one absolute solution to a puzzle that amounts to a binary switch.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024
But in practice, organizations run by people of color are often smaller and underfunded.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024
But in practice, they are treated according to the civil law of the State of Israel, which formally applies only to territory within the state’s borders.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Whether that’s true in practice is another question.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2024
The 49ers typically refrain from listing which players participate in practice until the regular season starts, and that is especially true for voluntary workouts like OTAs.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
But many still questioned how the settlement would pan out in practice.
—Anna Betts, New York Times, 25 May 2024
In my own medical training, using grounding strategies (like box breathing) to calm my nervous system was neither taught in medical school nor modeled by mentors in practice.
—Sadie Elisseou, STAT, 23 May 2024
Yet, in practice, there’s only ever one absolute solution to a puzzle that amounts to a binary switch.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024
But in practice, organizations run by people of color are often smaller and underfunded.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024
But in practice, they are treated according to the civil law of the State of Israel, which formally applies only to territory within the state’s borders.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Whether that’s true in practice is another question.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
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