- a variation of expediency.
expedience
Example Sentences
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This incident suggests that the only thing as venerably American as personal-injury claims, or political expedience, is the perverse regulation of public space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Steven Soderbergh is a man of both expedience and innovation.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
He's the closest thing they can get to a sure-fire winner, so expedience rules.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
But many of his goals faced strong social, religious or bureaucratic resistance or were sacrificed for political expedience.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023
Dismantling East Computing had been a simple matter of operations, of supply and demand and expedience.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing expedience
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 6
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Common Sense
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"Building the Transcontinental Railroad," Vocabulary from the history writing
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