practicing

American  

[prak-ti-sing] / ˈpræk tɪ sɪŋ /

adjective

1. actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law.

2. actively following a specific way of life, religion, philosophy, etc..

   a practicing Catholic.

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Etymology

Origin of practicing

practice + -ing ²

Example Sentences

"I thought I spent a lot of hours practicing in my prime," Woods said.

From Barron's

Clark spent six weeks at the beginning of this school year setting up and practicing classroom routines and procedures.

From Los Angeles Times

“Can you boost the productivity of existing judges so that it’s like adding a thousand more judges in the system?” said Saxena, formerly a practicing lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s like that axiom in football, about practicing something over and over, so in that flash of a moment your body knows what to do even if your brain hasn’t caught up:

From Los Angeles Times

It is running to the courthouse to dismantle a competitor’s pro-consumer policy using a body of law written to protect the public from exactly the kind of information restriction Compass is practicing.

From The Wall Street Journal

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