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pragmatist

[prag-muh-tist] / ˈpræg mə tɪst /


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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

Despite his hardline stance against the West, Larijani was often described inside Iran as a pragmatist.

From BBC Mar. 17, 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

Like most black American leaders, McKissick was first and last a pragmatist.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson



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