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pragmatic

[prag-mat-ik] / prægˈmæt ɪk /


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Rather, it’s a pragmatic game of connecting the dots, revealing a damning picture of widespread corruption.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

"This trend towards a more pragmatic relationship… goes back to the Soviet system of Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin," he says.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Kulbergs, a 46-year-old former businessman considered "pragmatic" by local media, said he hoped to create an "enlarged coalition" to administer the Baltic country until parliamentary elections are held October 3.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Many in Europe would prefer the former, viewing him as more pragmatic and less ideological.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The fair taught men and women steeped only in the necessary to see that cities did not have to be dark, soiled, and unsafe bastions of the strictly pragmatic.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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