expedient
Example Sentences
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Jackie Robinson: “To build for leadership, one must base his standing on what is right, not what is expedient.”
From Los Angeles Times
I’m momentarily reminded of the daughter of a British greengrocer, Margaret Thatcher, who, early in her political career, established her economic credentials by the simple expedient of knowing the price of butter.
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
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.”
This provided a “logical and most expedient opportunity” to get more info on what documents existed and pave the way for a consent search.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
