How to Use good practice in a Sentence

good practice

noun
  • But a restart is good practice anyway.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Staying alert near dusk is a good practice, too, Prugh adds.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Both could have been avoided by good practice and due diligence.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Cronin said Bilodeau had a good practice a day earlier but woke up stiff.
    — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • However, leaving a tip is still a good practice.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Today will be a good practice and (Friday) will be a good practice.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Adding compost by working it into the soil is a good practice when planting peonies.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In short, good practice means working around the heritage whenever feasible.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Taking turns being in charge seemed like good practice for our future together, and for our professional lives, too.
    — Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Another good practice is to create an AI center of excellence.
    — Bob Violino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • And Sheikh notes the investigation was good practice for the next interstellar object.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
  • Cleaning your dryer vent is a good practice to follow regularly too to prevent blockages from occurring that restrict airflow.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Forward Matt Duchene credited the team’s sharpness after a long break to good practice going into the game with Seattle.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In many countries, this process falls to a nominations committee, whose existence is considered a good practice and, in some cases, a legal requirement.
    — Susana Sierra, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Because social media is so accessible to everyone right now, a good practice for anybody leaving a comment is to think about the ramifications of what that could do to somebody.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Our guys had a really, really good practice, really attentive, really focused.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
  • So Gustavsson, after flying home with the Wild after the game, will have a good practice Friday in advance of Saturday’s home opener against Columbus.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Councilman Dustin Good, who previously served on the DNA board, said just maintaining the status quo is not a good practice and the changes proposed in the contract were not unreasonable.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Caroline Ervin, landscape designer and owner of Caroline Ervin Landscape Design and the Georgetown Garden Shop, says planting a rose during the dormant period is a good practice.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025

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