expediency
noun
the quality of being expedient; advantageousness; advisability.
expediencies
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pluralof expediency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And in our contacts with Mexican people we had been faced with a change in expediencies.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2020
The film examine three discrete chapters in Jobs' life, and some believed that, whatever narrative expediencies it provided, that structure could be a liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2015
Mr. Murswiek criticized the central bank for viewing “economic expediencies as the only thing worth caring about.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2014
In 1945, American General Douglas MacArthur tore open an isolated military government for trade, military expediencies and intelligence.
From Time ● Jun. 3, 2013
The arch, carelessly struck out by the Etruscan, forced by mechanical expediencies on the unwilling, uninventive Roman, remained unfelt by either.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
