pragmatic

Example Sentences

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“Lee is trying to walk a line between his leftist roots and a very pragmatic shift,” says Benjamin Engel, a Korean studies professor at Dankook University outside Seoul.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“The kind of incrementalism that Eric Murphy seems to be doing is something from a bygone era, where people were more pragmatic in the movement and not punished for it,” she said.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Like Bradley, Bass is a pragmatic politician with a long record of forging relationships behind the scenes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The proclamation is something of a shift for Mistral, which has largely portrayed itself as a scrappy and pragmatic enterprise AI player offering tools that cater to corporate clients in domains such as manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The architecture had a spareness and an economy of line that were pragmatic to the point of absurdity.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy