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pragmatics

noun as in semiotics

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But then there are two important pragmatics weighing in Trump's favor.

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Cornsilk told me that it is also a matter of pragmatics.

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So it’s everything from the sociology, the etiquette, or what linguists call the pragmatics of it, to literally how to operate the system and set policies.

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On policy, the two know that the candidates have been sorted, often against their will, into two major buckets: the left wing and the centrists, the dreamers and the pragmatics.

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Those favoring more incremental change are sold as fair and pragmatics, given the general opposition that Republicans and older voters have toward free college tuition.

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