Thesaurus / expediency
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The 14 members of the panel have spent the past several months grappling with questions about balancing fairness and expediency.
HEALTH-CARE WORKERS AND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO GET CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, CDC ADVISORY GROUP SAYSLENA H. SUN, ISAAC STANLEY-BECKERDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe only reason, the only thing that changed is the political expediency.
NORTH COUNTY REPORT: AN ACTIVIST ON HIS AGENDA FOR NORTH COUNTY AND BEYONDKAYLA JIMENEZJUNE 24, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOMr. Jackson supposed that Parliament had a right to tax America, but he much doubted the expediency of the present act.
THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTIONCARL BECKERBut Nature's voice is far less often heard than that of her adversary, expediency.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYHard is the contest between affection and expediency, when it is raised by the question of circumstances.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYTherefore our political questions have been questions of expediency rather than of principle.
THOUGHTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS AND INSTITUTIONSGEORGE S. BOUTWELLThe justice of the measure was not less evident than its expediency.
THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIREEDWARD GIBBONThe complaint that it sanctions 'expediency' is a simple fallacy.
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME II (OF 3)LESLIE STEPHENThe question was no longer one of ethics, but purely of expediency.
HIDDEN GOLDWILDER ANTHONYHe therefore urged the expediency of remaining at Salamis on other grounds.
XERXESJACOB ABBOTTSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 22, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO EXPEDIENCY
- agent
- alternate
- assistant
- auxiliary
- backup
- changeling
- delegate
- deputy
- dernier ressort
- double
- dummy
- equivalent
- expediency
- expedient
- fill-in
- ghost
- ghost writer
- locum
- locum tenens
- makeshift
- pinch-hitter
- procurator
- proxy
- recourse
- refuge
- relay
- relief
- replacement
- representative
- reserve
- resort
- resource
- stand-in
- standby
- stopgap
- sub
- succedaneum
- successor
- supplanter
- supply
- surrogate
- symbol
- temp
- temporary
- temporary expedient
- understudy
- vicar
- agents
- alternates
- assistants
- auxiliaries
- backups
- changelings
- delegates
- deputies
- dernier ressorts
- doubles
- dummies
- equivalents
- expediencies
- expedients
- fill-ins
- ghost writers
- ghosts
- locum tenens
- locums
- makeshifts
- pinch-hitters
- procurators
- proxies
- recourses
- refuges
- relays
- reliefs
- replacements
- representatives
- reserves
- resorts
- resources
- stand-ins
- standbys
- stopgaps
- subs
- succedaneums
- successors
- supplanters
- supplies
- surrogates
- symbols
- temporaries
- temporary expedients
- temps
- understudies
- vicars
- ace in the hole
- aid
- ascendancy
- asset
- assistance
- authority
- avail
- blessing
- boon
- break
- choice
- comfort
- convenience
- dominance
- edge
- eminence
- expediency
- favor
- gain
- good
- gratification
- help
- hold
- improvement
- influence
- interest
- lead
- leeway
- leg-up
- leverage
- luck
- mastery
- odds
- position
- power
- pre-eminence
- precedence
- preference
- prestige
- prevalence
- profit
- protection
- recognition
- resources
- return
- sanction
- starting
- superiority
- support
- supremacy
- trump card
- upper hand
- utility
- wealth
- ace in the holes
- aids
- ascendancy
- assets
- assistance
- authorities
- avail
- blessings
- boons
- breaks
- choices
- comforts
- conveniences
- dominance
- edges
- eminences
- expediencies
- favors
- gains
- goods
- gratifications
- helps
- holds
- improvements
- influences
- interests
- leads
- leeway
- leg-ups
- leverage
- luck
- mastery
- odds
- positions
- powers
- pre-eminence
- precedence
- preferences
- prestige
- prevalence
- profits
- protections
- recognitions
- resources
- returns
- sanctions
- startings
- superiorities
- supports
- supremacy
- trump cards
- upper hands
- utilities
- wealth
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