pragmatist
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Always the pragmatist, Roosevelt believed that if sending a delegate to Rome could help American foreign policy, he was going to send a delegate to Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 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
Sharaa himself, a former al-Qaeda commander-turned-Islamist rebel leader, has shucked his military fatigues for a tailored Western-style suit and now positions himself as a pragmatist.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
As a lifelong pragmatist, I would always counsel a slow approach, the methodical checking of boxes.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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