as in expedience
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the expediency of such a plan is questionable
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Recent Examples of expediency
Grier was explicit about the risks of forgoing process in exchange for expediency.
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Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The excuses have more to do with political expediency and gas lobbying than reality.
—Anshul Gupta, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
The daughter of a Marxist guerilla who rose to notoriety in the 1970s for capturing an American businessman, Rodríguez is adept at embracing contradiction in the name of political expediency.
—Ellie Austin, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
But Hnath, working from Curtis Hidden Page’s translation, from 1908, gets tangled up in the requirements of rhyme and is forced into some unfortunate expediencies, as well as the occasional repetition.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
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Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The excuses have more to do with political expediency and gas lobbying than reality.
—Anshul Gupta, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
The daughter of a Marxist guerilla who rose to notoriety in the 1970s for capturing an American businessman, Rodríguez is adept at embracing contradiction in the name of political expediency.
—Ellie Austin, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
But Hnath, working from Curtis Hidden Page’s translation, from 1908, gets tangled up in the requirements of rhyme and is forced into some unfortunate expediencies, as well as the occasional repetition.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expediency
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Ultimately, peace cannot be defined by those who profit from war, occupation or political expedience.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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That’s because the Fed’s credibility rests on its ability to make decisions driven by economic evidence, not political expedience.—
Joshua Stillwagon,
The Conversation,
27 Oct. 2025
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To Camille, Kyle is a woman who threatens her vanishing worth and desirability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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The shift took place as the surrounding neighborhood evolved and in part because of the desirability of its wall-to-wall dual language program.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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That raises questions about the feasibility of some alternate routes for oil.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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There’s so much to be discussed discussing the advisability of starting a war, the cost of insurance coverage or loss of cargo is likely insignificant.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Not all members of the founding generation believed in the advisability of the pardon power, and some even attempted to eliminate it preemptively from multiple levels of government.—
Bernadette Meyler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Davion Mitchell has been here before, the risk-reward crossroads between going full speed, shoulder first through a hard screen or practicing prudence.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Posey seems to want to pass this off as prudence.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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In both countries, investment outcomes depend heavily on national conditions, including the strength of capital markets, workforce, infrastructure, and the judiciousness of laws and regulations.—
SADEK WAHBA,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Expediency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expediency. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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