Grade inflation has practically made everything below an A a fail.
Warren Beatty and Barbra Streisand have practically made second careers of it, and even Groucho Marx was recruited.
Hate-watchable because: Co-created by Ryan Murphy, who has practically made hate-watchability his stock-in-trade between Glee and American Horror Story.
We've destroyed the unique dune system, we've practically made people prisoners in their own homes, and there aren't even any significant economic benefits to show for it.
CONSUMERS who have practically made a national sport out of hunting down the best price for everything from lipstick to laptops online often fail to comparison-shop for mortgages, finding the Web sites unhelpful or difficult to navigate.
Mr. Hurt, who stars in the new movie "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," has practically made this bleak little play into an unlikely party piece brought out for festive show.
Boston has battled (and won), but the Habs are proving perhaps a more difficult opponent than anticipated (as have Carey Price's goalposts, which have practically made as many saves as he has).
Jimmy Buffett has practically made a cliché of the laid-back, end-of-the-road lifestyle, and whatever aspects of Keys culture he might have missed have been scooped up for atmosphere by novelists like Elmore Leonard.
After finally persuading Congress last year to cancel the F-22 fighter jet and other weapons systems, lawmakers say, Mr. Gates has practically made it a personal crusade to scratch the extra engine and the cargo planes off the Pentagon's project list.
Barcelona are to open talks abut a new contract with veteran midfielder Xavi but the 35-year-old has "practically made his mind up" to join Al Sadd in Qatar.
