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
That’s because the Fed’s credibility rests on its ability to make decisions driven by economic evidence, not political expedience.
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Joshua Stillwagon, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2025
Will that mission weigh the needs of our community as equal to national political expedience, or is the safety of our people less important than fleeting political optics?
—Keith Wilson, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Private settlements outside the public eye deprive them of that chance and raise suspicions that boards prioritize expedience over long-term value creation.
—Kai Liekefett, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Their arrangement begins as a strategy built on mutual expedience, but gradually develops into something more complicated.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Joshua Stillwagon, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2025
Will that mission weigh the needs of our community as equal to national political expedience, or is the safety of our people less important than fleeting political optics?
—Keith Wilson, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Private settlements outside the public eye deprive them of that chance and raise suspicions that boards prioritize expedience over long-term value creation.
—Kai Liekefett, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Their arrangement begins as a strategy built on mutual expedience, but gradually develops into something more complicated.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expedience
Noun
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Today’s Democratic moderates will forever be tarred with the left’s extremism and its willingness to sacrifice the interests of the country on the altar of political expediency.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
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There is the inevitable temptation to sacrifice virtue for convenience, to exchange our highest ideals for the false promise of expediency.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The commission’s principal assignment was to draft a state-of-the-art overview of international communication flows and to examine the desirability and feasibility of instituting a new global order as requested by the nonaligned developing countries.—
Stijn Joye,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Select—and selective—five-star hotels are increasingly screening would-be guests for desirability rather than ability to pay.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2026
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Blumenfield put forward a measure last week asking for a report on the feasibility of contracting out at least one of its shelters to nonprofits so Animal Services staff members can properly run fewer locations.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Enhancing fourth-gen nuclear reactor capabilities The current focus is to demonstrate technological feasibility before scaling to an industrial level.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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Dear Members, In years past, Coop members debated the advisability of joining the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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There’s so much to be discussed discussing the advisability of starting a war, the cost of insurance coverage or loss of cargo is likely insignificant.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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That prudence by supporters of the center, including County Commissioner Raquel Regalado and Judge Steve Leifman, is now being used against them to keep the center in limbo.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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By all accounts, being a milquetoast is a sort of vice—cowardice masquerading as prudence.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Expedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expedience. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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