pragmatic
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"Don't regulate hypothetical theoretical harm, regulate actual and pragmatic harm," Huang said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Or the gallant, pragmatic 8-year-old street hawker selling watercress in Victorian London: “All my money I earns I puts in a club and draws it out to buy clothes with.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
More pragmatic members of the leadership including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have repeatedly warned Iran needs to negotiate a deal to end the war that brings sanctions relief or face the collapse of its economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But he said there needs to be a "pragmatic approach" towards domestic oil and gas.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was simply that Shaker Heights, despite its idealism, was a pragmatic place, and she did not know how to be anything else.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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