Sample Sentences for
pragmatic
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    But I am not surrendering to fate here, I am being pragmatic.  (source)
    pragmatic = practical
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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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    He's just pragmatic.  (source)
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    The Reverend failed to notice that every churchgoing family whose children were struck hard with the kakakaka quietly removed themselves back to ancestor worship, while a few of the heathen families that were hard hit quietly came and tried out Christianity. While it makes perfect sense to me, this pragmatic view of religion escapes the Reverend utterly.  (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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    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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    You have to be ready to pick everything up pragmatically, keep your head down and make it work.†  (source)
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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 cunning, brutal, and greedy, but he's also pragmatic. ... A tyrant like Prusias doesn't really care why you obey him; he only cares that you obey. But Astaroth is a fanatic. He wants true believers who share his ideals."  (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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    He believes in that great false wisdom taught slaves and pragmatists alike, that white is right.†  (source)
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