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"These are minutes drawn up by notaries who abbreviate their decisions. The script is highly administrative, very pragmatic... with rather technical vocabulary," said historian Julie Claustre, who leads the e-NDP project.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

If Mamdani has so far shown a pragmatic streak in how he governs that can feel at odds with the loftier promises of his campaign, some friction with his most hard-line voters might be inevitable.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

“That would be my attitude. I’m very open. I’m not tribal. I’m not particularly partisan. I’m a pragmatic, problem-solving kind of person, and I’m looking forward to working with the Legislature.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ms. Merkel, who served as chancellor from 2005 through 2021, was for years treated as the great grown-up of Western politics: steady, pragmatic, reassuringly unexcitable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

He was followed by the Spanish-born Quintilian, who wrote the magnificently punchy and pragmatic Institutes of Oratory—looking wistfully back to the master—in the first century ad.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith