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Some teachers thought that FGM was only practiced in Africa and others have told me that their families have now changed their attitude to it, so it's worked really well.
Whereas until the end of the 19th century there were writers practiced in the art of libretto writing and thoroughly schooled in the repertoire, in the 20th century, it was left in the hands of dilettantes.
I come from a superstitious lot, with a grandmother and mother who not only did the standards – knocking wood, throwing salt, gathering four-leaf clovers, U-turning if a black cat crossed their paths – but also practiced a more homespun lunacy that included wrapping red ribbons around our wrists, stowing sugar in drawers, and assorted bizarre rituals to counter The Evil Eye.
Ranked No34, she just missed the cut to be one of the 32 seeds and although it could have been worse (she might have drawn Serena Williams, with whom she practiced Friday in Paris), it's a tough ask.
Mental health advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Nami, insist that de-escalation procedures could be practiced well before situations get to the point of arrest and that officers need to be better trained to handle psychiatric crises.
But he's more interested in confronting the ways in which that supremacy plays out, even – or perhaps especially – in an economically decimated place in which segregation is both officially frowned upon and unofficially practiced.
Like any skill, cooking needs to be practiced on a regular basis for you to gain confidence as a cook.
If practiced regularly, proponents report it develops "in the moment" and non-judgemental attention which prevents people becoming caught up in anxious or depressive thoughts.
When she practiced law in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s, she said, "police used the term 'shadow site'" to refer to the quasi-disappearances now in place at Homan Square.
The difference is huge: people who leave more than 24 hours between their first five attempts at the game and their second five attempts score as highly, on average, as people who have practiced 50% more than them.
Then in the management praxis course we practiced game theory as an in-class competition: teams had to respond to others by choosing either to defect or cooperate.
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The primary grammatical function of "practiced" is as the past tense and past participle of the verb 'practice'. It can also function as an adjective , describing someone or something skilled due to repeated action. As Ludwig AI underlines, it describes actions completed in the past, or a state of being proficient.
Expression frequency: Very common
