expedient

Example Sentences

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Yet it's politically expedient these days to knock people when they're down and engage in logical fallacies in order to con large portions of the public into believing outrageous fictions.

From Salon

If Putin's security services decide that the politically expedient and safe move is to align themselves with the insurrectionists, then the size and scope of those services don't matter because Putin no longer controls them.

From Salon

Successive state governments in Maharashtra have been expedient in their stance on the refinery.

From BBC

They called back late last month, days after prosecutors wrote in a court filing that there was “near-unanimous sentiment” among the victims for “the most expedient determination of case-related issues.”

From Seattle Times

"This expedient failing, they were tied and hauled on carts to the boat."

From Salon