Examples of expedience in a Sentence

the proven expedience of the carrot over the stick in getting the most out of people
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The 2024-25 budget is a prime example of such political expedience. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025 From a criminal justice point of view, the DOJ should not have used political expedience to drive a prosecutorial decision. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025 The actions on Monday stunned current and former prosecutors and investigators who said the department was abandoning a tradition of holding public officials, corporate executives and others accountable for corruption in favor of an approach built on political or economic expedience. Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 But to Trump and some of his advisers, the memo had a certain expedience. Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expedience

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of expedience was in 1548

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“Expedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedience. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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expedience

noun
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