expedient
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People will readily share their data — even when it comes to their health — for things they value, like better service, cheaper prices, and expedient convenience.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
One expedient way to get more done is, he suggests, to turn deliberate intentions into defaults: “Activities you once had to muster the motivation to do will, given enough repetition, become habits.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Much more expedient, and more favorable from an equity investors’ standpoint, is to continue to issue debt.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
“I’m going to put a functional city above what might be more politically expedient for me,” McOsker said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
His strength will increase as a snow-ball, by rolling, and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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