How to Use pragmatic in a Sentence
pragmatic
adjective
- His pragmatic view of public education comes from years of working in city schools.
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Near the top of that list should be a more pragmatic and above-board approach to agents.
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Tim Sullivan,
The Courier-Journal,
24 Feb. 2018
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There's the ideal, and then there is the pragmatic approach.
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Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
24 Dec. 2021
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Scott’s son was pragmatic about the arc of his father’s life.
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Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2021
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There’s a lot to be said for being pragmatic in terms of feeling safe to scale up.
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Rhett Power,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2022
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And from a pragmatic story point of view, his death served a greater purpose.
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Erica Gonzales,
Harper's BAZAAR,
23 May 2019
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Orbán’s turn to the East is, at least in part, pragmatic.
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Jacob Mikanowski,
Harper's magazine,
21 July 2019
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The goal is to create a series of fail-safe outfits that are both pragmatic and chic.
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Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2022
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Suga is the son of a farmer, and he's known as a pragmatic, behind-the-scenes deal maker.
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Emiko Jozuka, Joshua Berlinger and Will Ripley,
CNN,
14 Sep. 2020
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All along, his sons’ view of him as a loving, pragmatic guide stays steady.
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Los Angeles Times,
7 Oct. 2021
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Sircar plays Alex’s pragmatic lawyer wife and the mother of their two kids.
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David Martindale,
star-telegram,
4 Apr. 2018
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The Queen was quite pragmatic about her children's clothes, as well.
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Victoria Murphy,
Town & Country,
17 Feb. 2019
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The whole process felt pragmatic yet reverential to me.
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Mallory McDuff,
Wired,
2 Jan. 2022
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The same coach can come off as pragmatic to some or over-confident to someone else.
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Roy Bragg,
San Antonio Express-News,
18 Feb. 2018
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The group is regarded as more pragmatic than the other rebel outfits.
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The Economist,
25 Jan. 2018
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This was a front office trying to be pragmatic with a slugger who was down to his last year in pinstripes.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2022
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But for pragmatic reasons many won’t do either of those things.
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Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN,
9 June 2023
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At the same time, Egypt kept its links with Hamas for pragmatic reasons.
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Washington Post,
21 May 2021
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From trapeze top-handles to souped up shoulder bags, a leather tote is more than just pragmatic.
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Laura Lajiness Kaupke,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2022
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This just confirms, in my view, how pragmatic Putin is.
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Anton Troianovski,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2022
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Tomorrow night, a lot of people may be asked to be more pragmatic, right?
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NBC News,
2 Feb. 2020
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That price seems to demand a sort of pragmatic resilience few of us have ever had to understand.
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Paul Daugherty,
The Enquirer,
1 Mar. 2022
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It’s the kind of pragmatic outlook that comes in handy in these trying, unpredictable days.
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Jon Freeman,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2022
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If there is not a pragmatic solution, all options are on the table.
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Larry Stumes,
SFChronicle.com,
10 July 2019
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In sum, the guidelines follow a pragmatic approach in light of a compelling public health need.
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Sreenidhi Srinivasan,
Quartz India,
5 Apr. 2020
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The cohort’s men, meanwhile, talked about their circle of friends in more pragmatic terms.
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Kris Marsh,
Fortune Well,
6 Apr. 2023
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At its core the Marshall Plan was a pragmatic approach to a tough problem.
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Timothy Naftali,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2018
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On the subject of her replica, Risa is as pragmatic as her father.
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Alex Mar,
WIRED,
17 Oct. 2017
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About the same share, three in four, support more pragmatic solutions.
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Rajiv J. Shah,
Fortune,
9 June 2020
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While the mission ahead is daunting, Tapie is pragmatic.
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Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
2 June 2023
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