expedient
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"If we set aside the rules when we deem expedient, why can't our adversaries?"
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
I’m momentarily reminded of the daughter of a British greengrocer, Margaret Thatcher, who, early in her political career, established her economic credentials by the simple expedient of knowing the price of butter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
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
They’ve worked with Mayor Karen Bass and her office, the local government in the Palisades and Steadfast LA, Rick Caruso’s nonprofit, to find the most efficient and expedient way to rebuild the rec center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Thupa Inka descended the Moche River and paralyzed Chimor’s defenses by the simple expedient of threatening to destroy its water supply.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
For a time it appeared that Washington was prepared to buy into this set of expedients.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2015
All the things we did were great expedients, given the terrible problems we had, and it’s working after a fashion.
From Forbes ● Apr. 13, 2015
While many such initiatives may have set out with good intentions to be the former, it seems that commercial expedients are increasingly forcing them to become the latter.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2013
These expedients would work, but they’d be horrendously inefficient compared with the modern agricultural, packaging, and transportation methods.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2012
He resented having “to resort to temporary expedients merely to make a poor show for the opening.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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