pragmatist
Example Sentences
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Chance handed post-Maduro power to Rodriguez, a former economics minister with a reputation as a pragmatist, says Angela Pachon, special adviser to University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
A pragmatist and political survivor, Larijani is a former nuclear negotiator whose daughter studied in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
"I'm a pragmatist, a British pragmatist, applying common sense," the prime minister told us on the plane, saying his desire was to "make Britain face outwards again."
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Which prompts Stiller, ever the pragmatist, to think, “Time is valuable.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
Like most black American leaders, McKissick was first and last a pragmatist.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
