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• v  carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
• v  learn by repetition
• v  engage in a rehearsal (of)
• v  avail oneself to
• v  engage in or perform
• s  having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  a practiced marksman
• s  skillful after much practice

• More important, under the nose of a regime that has never tolerated dissent, Snchez has practiced what paper-bound journalists in her country cannot: freedom of speech.
• There is no longer any dispute that SAVAK practiced systematic torture.
• He practiced like a fiend, focusing on the keys the way other children his age focused on a scoop of ice cream.

• practice
• practise
• exercise
• do
• drill
• rehearse
• apply
• use
• commit
• adept
• expert
• good
• proficient
• skillful
• skilful
• practised

News & Articles

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• Giants Camp Notes: Thomas sideline with hamstring injury
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – While the Giants have practiced at their minicamp this week, Terrell Thomas has been off to the side, doing drills with one of the team’s athletic trainers. Thomas isn’t ready to participate in all activities after undergoing surgery each of the previous two years to repair a torn right ACL. But he remains confident of soon returning to the Giants’ secondary.
  June 12, 2013 - The Troy Record
• Two sorts of Mondays: Merion Golf Club in '81 versus today
  Tiger Woods practiced putting on the 15th green at Merion Golf Club, Monday, June 10, 2013. His early morning round on the first day of practice at the 113th U.S. Open was postponed because of lightning.
  June 11, 2013 - Philly.com
• Tebow signs reported two-year deal with Pats
  Tim Tebow practiced with starter Tom Brady and second-stringer Ryan Mallett at New England's minicamp. He was wearing No. 5 on his helmet and shorts, not No. 15, which belongs to Mallett.
  June 11, 2013 - The Tampa Tribune

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Herald Sun
  I make this decision because I am convinced that our security is at stake in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is the epicentre of the violent extremism practiced by al-Qaeda,Mr Obama said, unveiling his new strategy for turning around the war...
• Graeme McDowell in Setanta Sports Ireland
  Winning major championships is what I've dreamed of all my life and what I've practiced for. I feel I'm as ready as I'm ever going to be,McDowell said. "That doesn't mean my name's on the trophy this Sunday afternoon. There's a hell of a...
• Jeff Sessions in Wall Street Journal
  It's not just that she has never been a judge,he said. "She has barely practiced the law, and not with the intensity and duration from which real understanding occurs."