pragmatic
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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
It is not enough to do the work of pragmatic policymaking.
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
She was a practical, worldly, diffident woman, and her modem, pragmatic character was a serious obstacle to telepathy.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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