in practice

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in practice

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  1. Really, in effect; not just hypothetically. The new tax should have helped the farming community. But in practice farmers generally appear to be worse off than before.
  2. Regularly practising an activity so as to remain skilled in it.

    Opposite: out of practice

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prep_phrase really, in effect

Españolen la práctica
Portuguêsna prática
Françaispratiquement, en pratique
Italianoin pratica, nella pratica
Ελληνικάστην πράξη stin práxi
Românăîn practică
עבריתבפועל bafó'al

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@misc{in_practice_2026,
  title = {in practice},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20practice},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}