How to Use general practice in a Sentence

general practice

noun
  • Medicine is no longer the general practice of 1940.
    — Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As a general practice, the armrests on ergonomic office chairs tend to be bulky.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
  • While exact instructions depend on your string trimmer model, the following is the best general practice for replacing your line.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • The company says this enables it to provide legal services more efficiently and at lower cost than a traditional general practice law firm.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the general practice for any filed by the sitting presidential administration.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The general practice is to redistrict after the decennial census.
    — Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The market has become larger as aspects of Pagan or New Age practices have seeped into more general practice and the number of Pagans has increased.
    — Helen A. Berger, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Clayton served as co-managing partner of Sullivan & Cromwell’s general practice group and also led the firm’s cybersecurity group.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2026
  • These attorneys are often bilingual and culturally competent, giving them a better understanding of their clients’ backgrounds than a general practice attorney.
    — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone february 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Risks and limitations Researchers suggest that there needs to be more integration of the technology into general practice, as 70% of practitioners with smart stethoscopes stopped using them after 12 months.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The charges do not stem from the general practice of paying informants but from the Justice Department's allegations that the SPLC made these payments without disclosing the practice to donors and by defrauding banks.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • The bid by general practice doctor Jamal Rifi, a community leader in Sydney’s Lebanese Muslim diaspora, to return 34 Australian women and children from Syria failed in February.
    — ABC News, 25 May 2026

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