Pragmatism in example sentence

While Obama’s policies have not weakened America’s international standing, they also have not led to achievements comparable to Richard Nixon’s rapprochement with China, largely owing to what might be described as the dogmatic pragmatism that underlies them – an emphasis on avoiding the worst, rather than on striving for the best.

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The next is a collective of artists called the Silver Dobermans, and their motto is to spread pragmatism one person at a time.

And that's what we have to do, and to do that is about pragmatism in that deep, American sense, reaching outcomes.

And there is a kind of heroic resilience, a kind of plain-spoken pragmatism to those who start their day at 5 a.m.

But history shows us that even as recently as our fathers' and grandfathers' day, there have been times of greater pragmatism, and tolerance, and a willingness to consider other interpretations: be it abortion, or masturbation, or even the incendiary topic of homosexuality.

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