practical means

collocation in English

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practical
adjective
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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mean
noun[S]
uk
/miːn/us
/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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They generally (though not always) ascend faces that are not protectable by any otherpracticalmean.
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This had been implemented by a progressive, liberal regime as a practical means to establish social and political consensus and was not ideologically motivated.
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It is anticipated that this will stimulate research into practical means to control or eliminate such radiations.
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Focus groups were convened to gain an understanding of needs and explore practical means of addressing these needs.
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The only practical means of disposal of the liquid waste is overboard.
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This rule provided a practical means of closure.
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However, liver transplantation does not provide a practical means of treating a large number of patients and other forms of therapy are being pursued.
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Biological diversity is arguably such a key resource, and the preservation of wild ecosystems is arguably the only practical means to conserve it.
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As outlined in the introduction, affirmative action is feared as a practical means of introducing, if not essentialist ideas, then racial divisions where supposedly they did not exist previously.
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Generalist predators consume multiple prey species and a species-specific primer approach may not always be a practical means of analysing predator responses to prey diversity in complex and biodiverse ecosystems.
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The other is that she or he does not cause harm as a purely practical means of gaining greater wealth or prestige, but from motives of malice and spite.
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Practical means of achieving this result are being carefully examined.
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However, in some cases, probabilistic algorithms are the only practical means of solving a problem.
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However, manager centric approaches have been unable to provide a practical means to fully utilize the available connectivity.
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New house laws provided practical means of administration, stressing duties and rules of behavior.
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Since roads were few and poorly formed, the sea, with all its hazards was often the only practical means of communication.
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In contrast, the settlement was characterized only by practical means....
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The principal technical barrier to such a development at that time was the lack of any practical means of storage for data and instructions.
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It is theoretically possible to break such a system, but it is infeasible to do so by any known practical means.
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Human-powered flight has been achieved, but has not become a practical means of transport.
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