brass-tacks
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For the firm’s middle ranks, the brass-tacks calculus tilted somewhat more in favor of office time.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
What are the brass-tacks strategies to be successful on Patreon?
From The Verge ● Jun. 22, 2021
An industry known for outlandishness will be driven toward brass-tacks problems.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 13, 2018
This one goes beyond judicial ideology, or even brass-tacks party politics, and hits at the very core of each justice’s ego.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2015
The Hollenbach family history with McConnell traces back to 1977 and illustrates the brass-tacks approach to politics that the would-be majority leader learned early in his career.
From Washington Post
After warm handshakes and a warning about Taiwan from Xi Jinping on Thursday, the Chinese president and Trump were due to get down to brass tacks on Friday with discussions on trade, geopolitics and AI.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“Investors are getting down to brass tacks and saying ‘what do we want to own over the next few months,’” MAI’s Grisanti said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
His plays demonstrate a fierce effort to get down to brass tacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2025
But when it came to brass tacks, to financial compensation, they were not.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
“When it comes down to brass tacks, you don’t give a damn about them. Or _ _ r> me. “
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
