as in almost
very close to but not completely
practically everyone agreed to help
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Recent Examples of practically
Back-to-back complete games in the playoffs, especially in today's day and age, are practically unheard of.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
In California, self-care is practically an art form.
—AFAR Media, 25 Oct. 2025
Red Cup Day is practically its own national holiday at this point, and enthusiasm for the Starbucks event isn’t slowing down in the slightest.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
Springsteen went into the Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey to do this new rendering, joined in the subtlest possible way by two sidemen whose contributions are so slight, they’re practically sidelined.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
In California, self-care is practically an art form.
—AFAR Media, 25 Oct. 2025
Red Cup Day is practically its own national holiday at this point, and enthusiasm for the Starbucks event isn’t slowing down in the slightest.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
Springsteen went into the Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey to do this new rendering, joined in the subtlest possible way by two sidemen whose contributions are so slight, they’re practically sidelined.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practically
Adverb
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States, and now nonstate actors, have been engaging in wars of various kinds almost constantly since World War II.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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This is one of the most popular portable heated blankets on Amazon, with almost 500 perfect ratings.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Gehl and his staff still have had to intervene when kids have misbehaved over the course of the brewery's nearly decade in business.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In Michigan, where nearly 13% of households receive SNAP benefits, news of the pause had families, from Detroit to Interlochen, preparing to go to food pantries and worried about what's to come.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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And in a move with virtually no precedent in rock history, NIN completed the band swap by hiring Freese to replace Rubin.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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From virtually the moment he was hired, Lewis embraced the rivalry with the Bulldogs and the trophy that goes with it.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Practically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practically. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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