pragmatism
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Daniel Beland, a politics professor at McGill University in Montreal, said Carney’s ability to bring in new lawmakers stems from the Canadian leader’s pragmatism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
As for mid-level and front-line managers, “there’s a greater pragmatism there.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Post leadership has framed the massive layoffs through a lens of data-driven business pragmatism rather than character considerations.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
And for decades, Ajit Pawar navigated it with a mixture of pragmatism and shrewdness, swiftly rising through the ranks.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
Seventeen years of Scholar pragmatism protest the existence of creatures that are supposed to be nothing but legend.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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