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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

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

Diplomats describe Larijani as a pragmatist who tentatively raised resuming nuclear talks, despite his current aggressive stance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Maybe someday the owners of the Palisades Bowl will let him rebuild, but Kaslow is too much of a pragmatist to get his hopes up.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Like Duke, Washington was above all a pragmatist who preached a gospel of industrial progress.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson



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