I. adjective
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politically
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It may therefore become economically and politically expedient to encourage a shift to more labour intensive methods of primary production.
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Aicha Kossoko exerts a brooding presence as Octavia, suffering nobly through her politically expedient marriage to the unloving Antony.
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There can be little doubt that any government would rapidly do so should it become politically expedient .
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Presumably, this is a politically expedient decision; but how long can this car dependence be sustained?
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a politically expedient compromise
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It may, therefore, be expedient on certain occasions to utilise taped material in a more selective manner.
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Politically, expressing horror at degeneracy was expedient .
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Presumably, this is a politically expedient decision; but how long can this car dependence be sustained?
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The arrangement, however, was not just expedient .
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There can be little doubt that any government would rapidly do so should it become politically expedient .
II. noun
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simple
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
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Now down into crawler gear he pushes on, finding regular protection by the simple expedient of removing most of the ice!
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They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.
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So he adopted the simple expedient of not opening it until it was beyond his power to act on it.
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The Pearl has a 6,500-strong sales force which collects insurance premiums and arranges policies by the simple expedient of house-to-house calls.
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Billy Bragg has the unusual gift of making other people's songs his own by the simple expedient of singing them.
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And moral outrage at the use of simple expedients can still run high.
temporary
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Mr Ashdown is not content with imposing his version of stability as a temporary expedient , a regrettably necessary short-term tactic.
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Our efforts in agricultural science are thus, at best, temporary expedients .
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On the eve of the October revolution, the Provisional Government accepted this as a temporary expedient .
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Taylor himself never placed undue stock in it, viewing it largely as a temporary expedient .
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Now down into crawler gear he pushes on, finding regular protection by the simple expedient of removing most of the ice!
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Our efforts in agricultural science are thus, at best, temporary expedients.
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So he adopted the simple expedient of not opening it until it was beyond his power to act on it.
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Taylor himself never placed undue stock in it, viewing it largely as a temporary expedient .
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They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.
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Where a system of conscription operated all sorts of expedients were used to avoid service.