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She is a pragmatic problem solver.pragmatic = practical
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She campaigned at a consensus-building pragmatist.pragmatist = someone who is practical
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Successful politicians are pragmatists. Compromise is built into the system.pragmatists = people who are practical
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But I am not surrendering to fate here, I am being pragmatic. (source)pragmatic = practical
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Yet somehow in his mouth they did not seem dishonorable, but just and inspired and wisely pragmatic. (source)
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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
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His mother was a pragmatist, maybe from years spent training the dogs. (source)pragmatist = someone who is practical
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Maybe it was a symbol of the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism. (source)pragmatism = concern with practical matters
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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
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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
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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)
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He's just pragmatic. (source)pragmatic = concerned with practical matters
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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
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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
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—(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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