expedient
adjective
tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances.
expedients
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pluralof expedient.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For a time it appeared that Washington was prepared to buy into this set of expedients.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2015
All the things we did were great expedients, given the terrible problems we had, and it’s working after a fashion.
From Forbes ● Apr. 13, 2015
While many such initiatives may have set out with good intentions to be the former, it seems that commercial expedients are increasingly forcing them to become the latter.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2013
Much has been written about Italian individualism, its expedients, its limitations, and its consequences.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2011
He resented having “to resort to temporary expedients merely to make a poor show for the opening.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
