expedient

That arrangement was initially understood by most people involved, including the British government, as a temporary expedient to avoid ethnic and religious conflict.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

"If we set aside the rules when we deem expedient, why can't our adversaries?"

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

For me, going to the White House would feel more expedient than right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

I’m momentarily reminded of the daughter of a British greengrocer, Margaret Thatcher, who, early in her political career, established her economic credentials by the simple expedient of knowing the price of butter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Though I had thought of various ways to phrase this question, it seemed, in the interests of clarity, most expedient to come to the point.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The Twittering Machine, as a wholly designed operant conditioning chamber, needs none of the expedients of the casino or opium den.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019

For a time it appeared that Washington was prepared to buy into this set of expedients.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2015

All the things we did were great expedients, given the terrible problems we had, and it’s working after a fashion.

From Forbes ● Apr. 13, 2015

These expedients would work, but they’d be horrendously inefficient compared with the modern agricultural, packaging, and transportation methods.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2012

He resented having “to resort to temporary expedients merely to make a poor show for the opening.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson