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Meanings of political expediency in English

We have no meanings for "political expediency" in our records yet.
Usage of political expediency in English
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But I also believe Horne's actions are also directed by political expediency.
Jamaica Observer
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Huhne has to say nuclear is getting no subsidy for political expediency.
The Guardian
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Sometimes political expediency can overreach itself and perpetrate the most grave injustices.
The Snare
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People will remember how Mugabe used land reform for political expediency.
The South African
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The political expediency of making Europe a bad word doesn't help.
Reuters
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Laws added: The Stevens report was changed for cynical political expediency.
The Guardian
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May's decision was a triumph of political expediency over judgment and common sense.
The Guardian
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Electoral contingency and political expediency cannot be allowed to break up the UK.
The Guardian
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Why has the Government abandoned its own policies for political expediency?
The Irish Times
10
The climate emergency requires ministers to dispense with such political expediency.
The Guardian
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The recommendations of an independent, expert authority overlooked for political expediency.
News.com.au
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Marriages made for political expediency are unseemly and unattractive, not to mention unchristian.
The Guardian
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Now as then, Islamic dress is enlisted to serve political expediency.
The Guardian
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And both are routinely excused the inexcusable, on the grounds of political expediency.
The Guardian
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Their force lies in considerations of political expediency as tested by practical experience.
Handbook of Home Rule: Being Articles on the Irish Question
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He was opposed to suffrage for women both by principle and political expediency.
Jailed for Freedom
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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