practical

How To Use practical In A Sentence

• But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
• Perhaps it comes straight out of that party line dictionary that was written in a smoke-filled room in Sevastapol Street by the same faceless Provo apparatchik who a few years back advocated the practically endless use of the term 'securocrat'. Archive 2009-01-01
• He says the briefcase is impractical: A lot of other people in our office use rucksacks because they cycle to work. Briefcases are the new suspenders | clusterflock
• One is a practical optimist, the other a level-headed pragmatist.
• This tolerance has practical application in bioremediation and in efforts to colonize polluted sites.
• Practical measures such as quality control and testing are very important in the manufacturing process.
• The centre is ideally located within easy reach of many historical sites and venues for practical and outdoor activities.
• The exams are just around the corner and students are bogged down with preparation work for practicals and orals but the Transition year students found time to raise funds for those less fortunate.
• This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.
• An attempt will be made to identify best practice, to help bridge the gap between theoretical prescriptions and practical modelling procedures.