as in expedience
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the expediency of such a plan is questionable
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Recent Examples of expediency
The excuses have more to do with political expediency and gas lobbying than reality.
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Anshul Gupta, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
The daughter of a Marxist guerilla who rose to notoriety in the 1970s for capturing an American businessman, Rodríguez is adept at embracing contradiction in the name of political expediency.
—Ellie Austin, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
But Hnath, working from Curtis Hidden Page’s translation, from 1908, gets tangled up in the requirements of rhyme and is forced into some unfortunate expediencies, as well as the occasional repetition.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
That mixture of the crucial and the fussy squeezes out flexibility, yielding density without vitality, expediency without speed.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
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Anshul Gupta, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
The daughter of a Marxist guerilla who rose to notoriety in the 1970s for capturing an American businessman, Rodríguez is adept at embracing contradiction in the name of political expediency.
—Ellie Austin, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
But Hnath, working from Curtis Hidden Page’s translation, from 1908, gets tangled up in the requirements of rhyme and is forced into some unfortunate expediencies, as well as the occasional repetition.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
That mixture of the crucial and the fussy squeezes out flexibility, yielding density without vitality, expediency without speed.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expediency
Noun
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Ultimately, peace cannot be defined by those who profit from war, occupation or political expedience.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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That’s because the Fed’s credibility rests on its ability to make decisions driven by economic evidence, not political expedience.—
Joshua Stillwagon,
The Conversation,
27 Oct. 2025
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The capsule — which drops exclusively at Palm Angels flagships as well as on the brand’s e-commerce site — marks one of the many direct-to-consumer activations planned to reignite brand desirability, Donnini said.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Now that Musk has massively tarnished the brand with his public embrace of far-right ideologies, putting a major dent in its cars’ desirability, and competition in the space is stronger than ever, particularly from China, the richest man in the world is ready to move on to his next shiny obsession.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Looking ahead, the initiative is also intended to support adoption and scale by producing comparable data on material performance, commercial feasibility and barriers to growth.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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Not all members of the founding generation believed in the advisability of the pardon power, and some even attempted to eliminate it preemptively from multiple levels of government.—
Bernadette Meyler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Over and over again, the owners opt for organizational stagnation and attempt to disguise it as prudence.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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The state police Troop H barracks are nearby but prudence suggested assigning a State Police trooper to the building would be best way to provide an immediate response to a problem.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2026
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In both countries, investment outcomes depend heavily on national conditions, including the strength of capital markets, workforce, infrastructure, and the judiciousness of laws and regulations.—
SADEK WAHBA,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Expediency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expediency. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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