pragmatic
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This was a genuinely awkward moment for a governor who had pitched herself as a pragmatic centrist, and she paid for it in the headlines.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Clubs at risk of relegation tend to hire pragmatic coaches.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
These rules reflect pragmatic judgments about access, reliability, and the realities of modern voting systems.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
“We expect his leadership to lean toward a balanced and pragmatic policy approach rather than outright tightening bias,” Ma said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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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