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put into practice

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  1. Also, put in practice. Carry out in action, as in It's time we put these new ideas into practice. Shakespeare used this idiom in Two Gentlemen of Verona (3:2): “Thy advice, this night, I'll put in practice.” [Mid-1500s]

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Defense and energy stocks are normally outsize beneficiaries, a playbook already being put into practice.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Now, MarketWatch brought in a professional career coach to explain how Buffett’s workplace philosophies should be put into practice.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

"They are not prepared for being up late or having a hard day at work and at that point they don't have a plan to put into practice," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Such measures are popular, but they’re hard to put into practice.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2025

But when it was put into practice, particularly when it was placed in the hands of corrupt leaders, it became a much different system from that which was originally espoused.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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