as in expediency
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the proven expedience of the carrot over the stick in getting the most out of people
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Recent Examples of expedience
The line between governing and eyeing the next election has become indistinguishable — much to the chagrin of those who wish expedience and partisanship had less influence over lawmakers and their decisions.
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Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
The art world is a mercenary place where grudges often give way to expedience.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
Fitting two systems to the M70 was mostly a matter of expedience: Bosch does not make a twelve-cylinder version of its Motronic system.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2023
That is one of a few parts of this compact that spurred the legal challenges, as the case takes twists and turns through the court system, which is not known for its expedience.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
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Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
The art world is a mercenary place where grudges often give way to expedience.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
Fitting two systems to the M70 was mostly a matter of expedience: Bosch does not make a twelve-cylinder version of its Motronic system.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2023
That is one of a few parts of this compact that spurred the legal challenges, as the case takes twists and turns through the court system, which is not known for its expedience.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expedience
Noun
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Iran also has an elaborate set of overlapping institutions, including a consultative assembly, an assembly of experts, a guardian council, an expediency council, a judiciary, and so on.—
Richard Haass,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2025
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Knowing you all are there, anonymous, in the seedy place together, can quickly endear you to other users with expediency and a total absence of shame.—
Fran Tirado,
Them,
20 Dec. 2024
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With prices reaching well into six and seven figures, the auctions are setting new benchmarks for desirability and investment potential in the automotive world.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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The boxes look pricy, which only adds to their desirability.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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India’s Nifty 50 index climbed around 0.8% ahead of the country’s Union Budget on Saturday, in which the government has to balance fiscal prudence with economic stimulus.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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That prudence paid off earlier this week when China’s DeepSeek unveiled its free AI open-source technology.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Expedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expedience. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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