expedient

Example Sentences

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For me, going to the White House would feel more expedient than right.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

People will readily share their data — even when it comes to their health — for things they value, like better service, cheaper prices, and expedient convenience.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

One expedient way to get more done is, he suggests, to turn deliberate intentions into defaults: “Activities you once had to muster the motivation to do will, given enough repetition, become habits.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Much more expedient, and more favorable from an equity investors’ standpoint, is to continue to issue debt.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

“You cannot think how I have been dreading that it would be thought expedient that I should be sent to an ‘institution,’” he wrote on September 26.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson