pragmatic
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Still as pragmatic and blunt as ever, the Maddy in “Euphoria”’s final season uses her style not as artifice, but as designer armor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Taken together, the companion bills point to a pragmatic approach to evolving the retirement system.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
More pragmatic members of the regime have been pushing to get this relief through a deal before the economic problems descend into new rounds of demonstrations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
He was sacked after 39 days, then Sean Dyche, the supposedly pragmatic choice, lasted only 114.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
He was followed by the Spanish-born Quintilian, who wrote the magnificently punchy and pragmatic Institutes of Oratory—looking wistfully back to the master—in the first century ad.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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