as in expediency
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the proven expedience of the carrot over the stick in getting the most out of people
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Recent Examples of expedience
Private settlements outside the public eye deprive them of that chance and raise suspicions that boards prioritize expedience over long-term value creation.
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Kai Liekefett, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Highways were often placed not for logistical necessity but for racial and economic expedience, creating literal barriers between white downtowns and Black communities.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
Companies that bend to short-term political expedience may end up regretting it when the winds inevitably change again.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 31 July 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expedience
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The excuses have more to do with political expediency and gas lobbying than reality.—
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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.—
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In the luxury segment, Jacquemus, Prada and Courrèges stand out as top gifting brands, driven by strong brand awareness and desirability.—
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Its desirability is reflected in its housing market, where median prices typically range from $750,000 to $825,000.—
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Initial site purchase is still in the air while the State Department of Education mulls the feasibility of 16 sites.—
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The state is projected to have $692 million less to spend than the year before, raising doubts about the feasibility of major new investments.—
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Today, similar prudence animates concerns about NATO and broader trans-Atlantic ties in an era when Europe has undergone profound transformations through mass migration, supranational governance, demographic decline, and shifting cultural priorities.—
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The organizations also claim that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s prudence requirement doesn’t allow NIPSCO to recover costs expended pursuant to an unlawful directive, according to the letter.—
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“Expedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expedience. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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