expedience

noun

ex·​pe·​di·​ence ik-ˈspē-dē-ən(t)s How to pronounce expedience (audio)
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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

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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

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ex·​pe·​di·​ence ik-ˈspēd-ē-ən(t)s How to pronounce expedience (audio)
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