as in expediency
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the proven expedience of the carrot over the stick in getting the most out of people
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Recent Examples of expedience
There is less the actors can do about the script’s overreliance on Wikipedia dramaturgy, that bald expedience in which facts deemed useful to the story are only partly digested as dialogue.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The 2024-25 budget is a prime example of such political expedience.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
From a criminal justice point of view, the DOJ should not have used political expedience to drive a prosecutorial decision.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The actions on Monday stunned current and former prosecutors and investigators who said the department was abandoning a tradition of holding public officials, corporate executives and others accountable for corruption in favor of an approach built on political or economic expedience.
—Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The 2024-25 budget is a prime example of such political expedience.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
From a criminal justice point of view, the DOJ should not have used political expedience to drive a prosecutorial decision.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The actions on Monday stunned current and former prosecutors and investigators who said the department was abandoning a tradition of holding public officials, corporate executives and others accountable for corruption in favor of an approach built on political or economic expedience.
—Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expedience
Noun
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The expediency allows the company's constellation to get up and running just before wildfire season begins.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the 1960s and 1970s, Congress delegated its tariff-making powers to the president for expediency reasons.—
Ryan Young,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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All of this signifies that these schools have established their standing among the most competitive in the nation, both in terms of their desirability and selectivity.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Farnan recommends shopping quartz and granite for the best balance of cost and desirability.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
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Otherwise, there needs to be prudence, since the Heat are poised to potentially get back in the cap-space race in the 2026 offseason, when the contracts of Duncan Robinson and Terry Rozier come off the books.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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What critics of interventionism have historically sought is prudence in foreign affairs—avoiding unnecessary wars while ensuring the protection of core national interests.—
Andrew Latham,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Expedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expedience. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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