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practicing

[ prak-ti-sing ]

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adjective

actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law.
actively following a specific way of life, religion, philosophy, etc.:
a practicing Catholic.

They were found guilty of practicing habitual debauchery and inciting others to sexual deviance because of the footage.

Practicing yoga, studies show, can alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety.

After reading The Game in 2007, he says, he started going out in Switzerland and practicing RSD methods.

But because he is still a practicing pastor, his name was instead blocked from her publicized affidavit.

I remember practicing that lick [from the solo “Round Midnight” recording] years ago, learning how to do that cascade effect.

Of course I am practicing very hard, and I am taking private lessons of Kullak again.

She withdrew entirely from society and devoted herself to practicing, following his directions implicitly.

My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.

I've been practicing right smart, ever since she told me that, an' I can write my name real plain.

He was a practicing physician in New Hampshire, when the war of the revolution broke out.

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