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  • But I am not surrendering to fate here, I am being pragmatic.  (source)
    pragmatic = practical
  • Yet somehow in his mouth they did not seem dishonorable, but just and inspired and wisely pragmatic.  (source)
  • Fannie Merritt Farmer was relentlessly pragmatic — cut and dried, in a terse New England way.  (source)
    pragmatic = concerned with practical matters (as compared to concern with theory or beauty)
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  • Powell, in his pragmatic way, wanted what I wanted: A fair shot. A place to develop himself. A code that would instill discipline, restrain passion, and order his steps.  (source)
    pragmatic = concerned with practical matters
  • His mother was a pragmatist, maybe from years spent training the dogs.  (source)
    pragmatist = someone who is practical
  • Maybe it was a symbol of the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism.  (source)
    pragmatism = concern with practical matters
  • If the goal of visionaries is to make a quantum leap forward, the goal of pragmatists is to make a percentage improvement — incremental, measurable, predictable progress.  (source)
    pragmatists = concerned with practical matters -- especially where experience triumphs over theory
  • At first Philip hesitated on account of the expense, but they reckoned it out; and it seemed (they were so anxious to have a studio of their own that they calculated pragmatically) that the cost would not be much greater than that of living in a hotel.†  (source)
    pragmatically = in a manner that emphasizes practical matters
  • As it was, it treed me for three days, which did my figure good and gave me time to think over the philosophy, ethics, and pragmatics of self-preservation.†  (source)
  • He's just pragmatic.  (source)
    pragmatic = concerned with practical matters
  • A little more than a week ago she'd found the first letter, and the words had left a deep impression, though the pragmatist inside her forced her to try to put it behind her.  (source)
    pragmatist = someone concerned with practical matters
  • There was really only one question, and it was asked in a mental voice of utter coldness and pragmatism,  (source)
    pragmatism = concern with practical matters
  • —(Or perhaps they are all just pragmatists: as any real-estate agent knows, the typical house isn't "charming" or "fantastic," but unless you say it is, no one will even bother to take a look.)†  (source)
    pragmatists = people who are concerned with practical matters
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