as in almost
very close to but not completely
practically everyone agreed to help
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Recent Examples of practically
Next to none—practically perfect Talk about staying power—SheFit’s viral Ultimate Sports Bra has won multiple SELF Activewear Awards, including last year’s Reader’s Choice Award.
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 16 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, another nominee had a glowing letter from Hillary Clinton, practically anointing her as a future President.
—Marc Stad, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
ByteDance has contended divestment is practically impossible, meaning that the law effectively amounts to a nationwide ban of the video-sharing platform.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
Just a few years ago, these businesses’ power, resources and networks would have practically guaranteed them decades of dominance in the market.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 16 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, another nominee had a glowing letter from Hillary Clinton, practically anointing her as a future President.
—Marc Stad, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
ByteDance has contended divestment is practically impossible, meaning that the law effectively amounts to a nationwide ban of the video-sharing platform.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
Just a few years ago, these businesses’ power, resources and networks would have practically guaranteed them decades of dominance in the market.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practically
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In premarket trading, Nvidia shares slid almost 2%, a day after entering correction territory.Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Kids who are young for their grade are, almost by definition, more immature than their peers.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The economy expanded at nearly a 3% annual pace in the July-September quarter and some economists forecast another solid gain in the final three months of this year.Christopher Rugaber and Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, confirming a hypothesis made by happenstance nearly a century ago, according to a paper published in Nature Communications on Wednesday.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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The results can be powerful, virtually doubling the rate at which employees experiment with AI tools.Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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While snaps from Day’s time on set quickly became sacred to virtually anyone with a Tumblr account in 2011, Coppola only recently discovered a box filled with the entirety of Day’s negatives—many of them never before seen—while digging through her storage units for Archive.Keaton Bell, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Practically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practically. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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