as in almost
very close to but not completely
practically everyone agreed to help
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Recent Examples of practically
The brothers, both 31, had an accidental form of twin telepathy when their proposals happened practically back-to-back.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
That development comes at a time when country labels are recognizing the nation’s changing consumer base, which practically requires a universe of artists that better resembles those shifts.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Canada and the United States have a trade relationship that is practically unrivaled.
—Seema Mody,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
By the time the removal vans have gone, the latter and Evie have practically become BFFs.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
That development comes at a time when country labels are recognizing the nation’s changing consumer base, which practically requires a universe of artists that better resembles those shifts.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Canada and the United States have a trade relationship that is practically unrivaled.
—Seema Mody,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
By the time the removal vans have gone, the latter and Evie have practically become BFFs.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practically
Adverb
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What to know about California's wildfires Santa Ana winds have died down across the Greater Los Angeles area, helping firefighters bring almost 40,000 acres of ongoing wildfires under control.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The current-generation Switch was released way back in March 2017 and has now reached an almost eight-year lifetime.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The original middle school, founded nearly a century ago, became an arts magnet in 2013.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Schramm, who joined the company in early 2018 after a nearly 17-year tenure at GE, ending his time there as CIO of GE Aviation, has spent the last seven years reshaping Fifth Third’s technology landscape to position it for scale, resilience and innovation.—
Peter High,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The order that Trump rescinded, originally signed by President Lyndon Johnson, applied to virtually every major business and many small companies that together employ about a quarter of workers in the United States.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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For the last four years or so, almost all political junkies on the right have been critical of virtually every word and deed that former President Joe Biden espoused.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Practically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practically. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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