pragmatism
Example Sentences
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Cordano said the talks needed a rejigged and more efficient way of working, calling for "flexibility and pragmatism".
From Barron's
So I think on the one hand, it’s coming from an attempt at political pragmatism.
In scores of conversations with voters over the past year, the sentiment that came through, above all, was a sense of practicality and pragmatism.
From Los Angeles Times
"The pretexts used to justify such actions are untenable. Ideological hostility has triumphed over businesslike pragmatism," it added.
From Barron's
This may sound ambitiously progressive, but speakers at the September launch emphasized pragmatism and concrete local projects to cut through the nation’s extreme polarization.
From Salon
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