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Recent Examples of pragmatist
Zig-zagging from a tactical fundamentalist in Amorim to the ultimate pragmatist in the former England boss makes a degree of sense for a club desperate to find stability and show progress.
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Peter South, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
The anti-establishment pragmatist calls out both parties for failure and takes difficult positions on visible issues like border security, while showing flexibility on implementation.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Originally thought by analysts to be too liberal to be an effective leader, her legacy is ultimately that of a centrist and legislative pragmatist.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The sweeping romance set across three decades of passion, loss, and hope in Beirut stars Hassan Akil and Mounia Akl as Nino and Yasmina, star-crossed lovers bound by a magnetic relationship, one an eternal optimist and the other an impulsive pragmatist.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Al-Sudani has billed himself as a pragmatist.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Ever the pragmatist, Moore had an answer.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
As Shiva, Afshari is a revelation of steely resolve, a pragmatist who holds fast to her conciliatory principles until a final scene that pushes her capacity for mercy to its limits.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Above all, Goodall was a pragmatist.
—Martha Shade, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Peter South, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
The anti-establishment pragmatist calls out both parties for failure and takes difficult positions on visible issues like border security, while showing flexibility on implementation.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Originally thought by analysts to be too liberal to be an effective leader, her legacy is ultimately that of a centrist and legislative pragmatist.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The sweeping romance set across three decades of passion, loss, and hope in Beirut stars Hassan Akil and Mounia Akl as Nino and Yasmina, star-crossed lovers bound by a magnetic relationship, one an eternal optimist and the other an impulsive pragmatist.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Al-Sudani has billed himself as a pragmatist.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Ever the pragmatist, Moore had an answer.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
As Shiva, Afshari is a revelation of steely resolve, a pragmatist who holds fast to her conciliatory principles until a final scene that pushes her capacity for mercy to its limits.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Above all, Goodall was a pragmatist.
—Martha Shade, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pragmatist
Noun
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By the late chapters, Daphne and her contemporaries, now old, seem to remember less about those days with Cecil than does the reader, who came through them recently—an inspired way of calling forth the novel-ness of the novel without breaking the realist’s line.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Dec. 2025
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Since Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, the planet associated with responsibilities, boundaries and restrictions, those born under the sign are realists.—
Olivia Munson,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The belief by cynics is that Netflix wants to be a streaming service.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 Dec. 2025
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In the years after 1991, Russians were trained cynics, having lived through Soviet decline and collapse; forcing belief would be a difficult endeavor, with an unclear upside.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Pragmatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pragmatist. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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