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noun

pragmatist

a person who is guided by practical considerations rather than ideals

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Six example sentences with pragmatist, each labelled with its topic.

  • The mayor is a pragmatist who will take half a bridge now rather than argue ten years for the whole span.

    Politics

  • As a pragmatist, she shipped the ugly version that worked instead of waiting two quarters for the elegant one.

    Startups

  • The coach is a pragmatist: he benched his favorite shooter because the zone defense simply worked better that night.

    Basketball

  • A pragmatist at heart, the manager kept the old software running another year rather than risk a launch during peak season.

    Business

  • The chef is a pragmatist who swaps in whatever the market has that morning instead of chasing a missing ingredient.

    Cooking

  • The lab's pragmatist took the cheaper instrument that answered the question instead of waiting a year for the perfect one.

    Science

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