pragmatist
Example Sentences
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People who know Ueda describe him as a pragmatist who is branded neither as a hawk nor a dove.
From Reuters
Jeremy Hunt, who was appointed Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday, is a former foreign minister and a pragmatist from the ideological center ground of conservative politics.
From New York Times
After decades climbing the administrative ladder in brashly commercial coastal areas, Mr. Xi took power amid widespread expectations that he would be a pragmatist willing to tolerate, if not act on, such calls.
From New York Times
He was therefore a pragmatist, with an independent streak as strong as his patriotism.
From New York Times
A personable pragmatist with a populist’s common touch, he knows he needs a broad base if not to win, then to govern, and so has courted orphaned centrists and onetime adversaries.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
