Practice
Practice noun - A private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance.
Regulations and practice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regulations" instead a noun "Practice".
Regulations
Practice and regulations are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Practice" instead a noun "Regulations".
Both words in one sentence
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In practice, considering the nature of the Atlantic passenger business in 1912, a disaster of the same scale, if not worse, was basically doomed to happen — regulations were too fast and loose.
Source: Useful Notes / RMS Titanic - Typical practice as required by regulations is to jettison stowaways, as these vessels do not have any reserve fuel to allow a safe landing with the extra weight.
Source: Literature / The Cold Equations - There is a story about an army band who (in keeping with regulations) had to do target practice including with machine guns, but due to inexperience they tended to keep firing for too long which would overheat the barrels and damage the guns.
Source: Overheating
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