pragmatist

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Psychoanalysis, Mr. Phillips suggests, can support this pragmatist approach by helping us navigate that retelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Chance handed post-Maduro power to Rodriguez, a former economics minister with a reputation as a pragmatist, says Angela Pachon, special adviser to University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

A pragmatist and political survivor, Larijani is a former nuclear negotiator whose daughter studied in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

He said he’s running as a pragmatist and unifier.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

As a lifelong pragmatist, I would always counsel a slow approach, the methodical checking of boxes.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama