pragmatist
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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 as well as an ideologue, Khamenei endorsed diplomacy when convenient.
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
He is a self-proclaimed pragmatist who doesn't want there to be something that can be labelled as "Starmerism", but at least we can now say that his guiding principle is fairness.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
To be precise, Hodges did it in a gray flannel suit, for he was a pragmatist, dubbed the “Businessman’s Governor,” a believer in method and technique over ideology and manifesto.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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