How to Use praxis in a Sentence

praxis

noun
  • There is no debate about what the core praxis of a Doom board game should be.
    Luke Winkie, Wired, 9 June 2021
  • But that radiance is very much reined in by this ultra-tight concern with praxis.
    Ben Harris, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Now getting those learners also to engage in a regular praxis is not completely easy.
    Ben Harris, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • But eleventh grade was too late to adopt the praxis of art and create a portfolio adequate to gain admission to some kind of secular-humanist academy.
    Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • Few writers are as skilled at illustrating the ways in which personal abuses of power are not just the result but the praxis of cultural domination.
    Justin Torres, New York Times, 5 May 2020
  • The commission isn’t the only local arts institution to embrace praxis as a mission statement.
    Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This was how Boudin would turn her gift for friendship into political praxis: by illuminating the specific potential of the person in front of her.
    Rachael Bedard, The New Yorker, 7 May 2022
  • Cohen’s praxis is grounded in the belief that the relationship between the director and the participant should constantly be examined—and working with her family for the first time required her to change her approach.
    Azza Cohen text By Yinuo Shi, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Unconcerned with the minutiae of policy proposals or manifesto pledges, his work was to articulate a praxis of politics to serve a nation.
    R.c., The Economist, 9 July 2019
  • In hearing Smith describe his race preparation and execution, Kaino recognized his own artistic praxis.
    New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The egalitarian potential of such processing has inspired thought leadership and praxis within the food industry.
    Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • As political praxis, Prubechu is highly effective and charismatic.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Where alt-right leaders held rallies and conferences in an effort to exert political influence, accelerationists saw no merits in political praxis.
    Hannah Gais, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
  • In envisioning a Socialist future for England, their praxis was extreme hospitality.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
  • To describe this radical climate praxis, Robinson invokes existing models of decentralized governance and regenerative agriculture from progressive Indian states, such as Kerala and Sikkim.
    Raghu Karnad, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2021

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