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suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the expediency of such a plan is questionable
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Recent Examples of expediency
By working across the aisle to develop thoughtful, balanced school choice policies for kids and families, Democrats can signal their first move toward a more centrist party that values working-class families over political expediency.
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Juan Rangel, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2025
Still, perhaps out of expediency or perhaps because Trump’s eldest son dated the Governor’s ex-wife and former San Fran First Lady Kimberly Guilfoyle for many years, the two men had a few congenial moments.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Politics at odds with international obligations The evidence of the last few months is that political expediency sometimes trumps international obligations.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
There are ripple effects across all the story’s players, touching on many aspects of our justice system, from substandard investigations that seed confirmation bias, to trials driven by political expediency and our need for good stories over the truth.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Juan Rangel, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2025
Still, perhaps out of expediency or perhaps because Trump’s eldest son dated the Governor’s ex-wife and former San Fran First Lady Kimberly Guilfoyle for many years, the two men had a few congenial moments.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Politics at odds with international obligations The evidence of the last few months is that political expediency sometimes trumps international obligations.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
There are ripple effects across all the story’s players, touching on many aspects of our justice system, from substandard investigations that seed confirmation bias, to trials driven by political expediency and our need for good stories over the truth.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expediency
Noun
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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
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But to Trump and some of his advisers, the memo had a certain expedience.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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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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“Expediency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expediency. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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