pragmatic

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These rules reflect pragmatic judgments about access, reliability, and the realities of modern voting systems.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is known as a hard-liner with a pragmatic streak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Defending this approach as "pragmatic", Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the UK needed to move away from its dependence on fossil fuels and invest more in home-grown energy.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

As prime minister, he charted a pragmatic economic course and sought to stamp out corruption.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 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