How to Use pragmatism in a Sentence

pragmatism

noun

• The right person for the job will balance vision with pragmatism.
• Around town, there is a lot of pragmatism about the project.
  — Kevin Rector, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
• As for the Murdochs, cold hard pragmatism will rule the day.
  — Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
• The need for pragmatism extends to the topic Milei cares about the most: the economy.
  — Bruno Binetti, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2023
• This is not to suggest that this is all about pragmatism.
  — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, the sporty pragmatism of a leather Fendi bag scores big points for those tired of plain old totes.
  — WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
• In some cases, the removal of heads was pure pragmatism.
  — Graham Bowley, New York Times, 12 June 2023
• The last word sags with fatigue, or maybe a certain pragmatism, pulling Albert and Celie and Steven back down to earth.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• The same firm that pitched investors on pragmatism this week will be asking investors to bet on wild dreams the next time around.
  — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
• The centrism and pragmatism that gave Tony Blair's Labour Party a decade in power appears to be gone.
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 28 Nov. 2019
• Douthat sometimes extends this pragmatism to his critiques of the left.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Of course, this bird feeder offers a lot more than pragmatism.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 19 May 2021
• But if clean energy is to have a chance, pragmatism and profit motive must rule the day.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 27 May 2022
• Members of the elite class in medieval England were not known for their modesty and pragmatism.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
• The decision was based on pragmatism, not racial progress.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• That kind of pragmatism has stuck with church leaders, said Mason.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022
• Yet his latest stance evoked a mixture of anger and pragmatism from fellow Democrats.
  — Arkansas Online, 16 July 2022
• But the key in today’s environment is adding a little pragmatism to the mix.
  — Kj Dhaliwal, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• Springtime is the right time to daydream, but with the Sun moving into heedless Aries by the end of the week, a dash of pragmatism can keep a good trip from going off the rails.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2021
• Starmer, 61, says his mix of progressivism and pragmatism is the answer to this sense of brokenness.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 July 2024
• Beneath the fray is a debate over the meaning of pragmatism in policy.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2021
• Because, that’s when Javi shows up — and the faith vs. pragmatism debate is relevant once again.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
• By doing, and nothing more, with the lucidity and the pragmatism that have always set me apart.
  — Luisa Zargani, WWD, 11 July 2024
• Hurt by the pragmatism of Hazel’s stance — and ultimately respectful of it — Herb turns off the volume on the live recording.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• So, again, the thing is pragmatism and beating Trump, and the second thing with Senator Harris is her record on reform.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2019
• There is, no doubt, a mix of pragmatism and principle in her position.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• For us, though, this is about pragmatism, not politics.
  — Cquinn, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
• Feinstein’s pragmatism has never set well with the left wing of her party.
  — Dan Walters, SFChronicle.com, 26 Oct. 2020
• This shift challenges the age-old political adage that youthful idealism gives way to conservative pragmatism with age.
  — Carol Bishop Mills, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2024
• On the issues, Shah downplayed his commitment to any political ideology and instead ran on his pragmatism in the Arizona legislature.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024