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

For 19 years Mr. da Silva supplemented his income by driving a cab and practicing English with the many English-speaking visitors to Abadiânia.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a risk, unlike, say, practicing a sport or taking up a new hobby.

From The Wall Street Journal

The crowd included a practicing cardiologist from Belgium who had built an app to help patients navigate care, and a California lawyer who made a tool for automating building permit approvals using Claude Code.

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Davis, despite having little experience practicing antitrust law, is one of the most visible practitioners of a change playing out across the division.

From The Wall Street Journal

Father, who was incapable of practicing deceit or even recognizing it, took a long and earnest sniff.

From Literature

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