pragmatism

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As for mid-level and front-line managers, “there’s a greater pragmatism there.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Ghalibaf, a former Revolutionary Guard air-force commander and Tehran mayor, is known as a hard-liner but has shown pragmatism, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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

Indeed, this pragmatism runs through Rodríguez's political DNA.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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