pragmatist
Example Sentences
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A pragmatist and political survivor, Larijani is a former nuclear negotiator whose daughter studied in the U.S.
A pragmatist as well as an ideologue, Khamenei endorsed diplomacy when convenient.
"I'm a pragmatist, a British pragmatist, applying common sense," the prime minister told us on the plane, saying his desire was to "make Britain face outwards again."
From BBC
Maybe someday the owners of the Palisades Bowl will let him rebuild, but Kaslow is too much of a pragmatist to get his hopes up.
From Los Angeles Times
Eager to portray himself as a pragmatist, he understands, unlike others before him, that North Korea's nuclear weapons cannot be negotiated out of existence – at least not for the time being.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
