pragmatism
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Daniel Beland, a politics professor at McGill University in Montreal, said Carney’s ability to bring in new lawmakers stems from the Canadian leader’s pragmatism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
As for mid-level and front-line managers, “there’s a greater pragmatism there.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Post leadership has framed the massive layoffs through a lens of data-driven business pragmatism rather than character considerations.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
On assuming the presidency on a "temporary" basis, Delcy Rodríguez - a lifelong Chavista - appointed mostly technocrats rather than ideologues with a nod to the need for pragmatism as Venezuela entered a new era.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Seventeen years of Scholar pragmatism protest the existence of creatures that are supposed to be nothing but legend.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Vocabulary lists containing pragmatism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Power Suffix: -ism
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30 GRE Words Beginning with "P"
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