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Recent Examples of expedience The actions on Monday stunned current and former prosecutors and investigators who said the department was abandoning a tradition of holding public officials, corporate executives and others accountable for corruption in favor of an approach built on political or economic expedience. Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 There is less the actors can do about the script’s overreliance on Wikipedia dramaturgy, that bald expedience in which facts deemed useful to the story are only partly digested as dialogue. Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 The 2024-25 budget is a prime example of such political expedience. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025 From a criminal justice point of view, the DOJ should not have used political expedience to drive a prosecutorial decision. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expedience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expedience
Noun
  • Today’s digital-savvy consumers are seeking not only customization, but also expediency.
    Wolfgang Sixl, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Touting job creation for political expediency is one thing.
    Ashley Nunes, Boston Herald, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • However, this is intrinsically linked to California’s economic dynamism, desirability and the high demand for its quality of life, amenities and progressive social environment.
    DeAndre Evans, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
  • While foods like cold cereal or bacon and eggs have dominated the standard American breakfast for decades, oatmeal continues to grow in popularity and desirability.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • In all negotiations, prudence cannot be sacrificed.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
  • Waugh: Fundamentally, Newcastle want to significantly bolster Howe’s squad while maintaining financial prudence.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 12 June 2025

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“Expedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expedience. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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