convenient

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con·ve·nient | \ kən-ˈvēn-yənt

Definition of convenient

1a : suited to personal comfort or to easy performance meeting at a convenient time

b : suited to a particular situation a convenient excuse

c : affording accommodation or advantage found it convenient to deal with both problems at the same time

2 : being near at hand : close a location convenient to the train station

3 obsolete : suitable, proper

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Examples of convenient in a Sentence

"You know, you have a very convenient way, Alsi, of forgetting what happened two minutes ago." — Zadie Smith, White Teeth, (2000) 2001 It was more convenient to take my meals in bed, where all I had to do was push away my tray with its uneaten food and fall back upon my pillows … — Stanley Elkin, Harper's, January 1993 The Horses I would have you send to some good pasture … if you can find one convenient. — George Washington 10 May 1756, in The Papers of George Washington, 1984 … at last, after a dreadful struggle in a difficult place where there seemed to be no convenient branches at all, he got near the top. — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1937 When is a convenient time for you to meet? The controls are located in a convenient spot on the dashboard. It might be more convenient to use a calculator, rather than adding the numbers yourself. a convenient method of cleaning windows Schools, churches, and stores are all convenient from here. The power failure was a convenient excuse to leave work early. The economic recession gave lawmakers a convenient pretext for passing the bill.

Recent Examples on the Web The clinic at the Wolstein Center continues to make access to the coronavirus vaccine more convenient. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, "Groups can get free bus rides to Wolstein Center for coronavirus vaccinations," 30 Apr. 2021 Sponsoring bills to make purchasing alcohol more convenient for consumers has been a theme for Isbell this year. — al, "Retailers closer to selling beer, wine via drive-through or walk-up after House vote," 21 Apr. 2021 Workday Workday is great because it’s convenient as far as scaling goes. — Expert Panel, Forbes, "11 Recruiting Solutions To Improve Your Hiring Process," 19 Apr. 2021 Both Doleac and Agan have previously published research that challenges progressives’ policy preferences, so their new findings were probably not driven by a desire to achieve a politically convenient result. — Charles Fain Lehman, National Review, "Progressives Are Overreacting to a Startling Crime Study," 18 Apr. 2021 The unit will make inoculation more convenient for some. — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, "Pino: Johnson & Johnson vaccine death ‘one in a million,’ no bad reactions in Orange County," 14 Apr. 2021 By maximizing space, convertible furniture is designed to make our lives more convenient and help our homes live up to their full potential. — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, "Convertible Furniture Is the Space-Saving Trend That Will Level-Up Your Home," 13 Apr. 2021 MedStar has three centers around the state to help make visits more convenient. — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, "There’s an early treatment for COVID now — and Maryland officials are pushing to spread the word and keep people out of hospitals," 26 Mar. 2021 Companies are looking for ways to make the smartphone charging process more convenient, so your phone doesn’t have to be near an outlet or strategically placed on a charging base. — Washington Post, "One innovation we won’t be seeing soon: Over-the-air charging," 5 Mar. 2021

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