Synonym: hard-nosed, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, pragmatic sanction, pragmatical. Similar words: mathematics, dramatic, automatic, diplomatic, dramatically, automatically, fragment, practice. Meaning: [præg'mætɪk] n. an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land. adj. 1. concerned with practical matters 2. of or concerning the theory of pragmatism 3. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
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61. Although we used a pragmatic primary outcome, we carefully investigated all clinical manifestations.
62. Our nation needs to take a pragmatic approach to lowering trade barriers.
63. Even more fundamental than these pragmatic constraints, however, is the educational philosophy underlying the two initiatives.
64. Therefore, for the purposes of valuing voluntary labour a pragmatic line has to be taken.
65. In the end the mission controllers took the very pragmatic view that they may as well continue the mission to the Moon.
66. It may be more pertinent to think of their pragmatic acceptance of the new system.
67. The other inhibition is more pragmatic: fear of unlimited losses on short positions that might result from a sudden market rally.
68. Even the political system, however strong the attachment to it, tends to be justified in pragmatic terms.
69. There are often pragmatic reasons for the preference of certain types of conjunction and the frequency with which conjunctions are used in general.
70. In normal spoken language there are often clear pragmatic constraints on the choice of particular syntactic forms.
71. Smack in the middle of this pragmatic place, the legendary Antonio Gaudi built several dozen of the strangest buildings on Earth.
72. There is also evidence in favour of the view that what we might think of as pragmatic factors influence language comprehension.
73. Unfortunately, there are two huge problems which modify the useful applicability of this pragmatic approach.
74. First, implicature stands as a paradigmatic example of the nature and power of pragmatic explanations of linguistic phenomena.
75. The pragmatic reason is the constraint on our ability to make a precise forecast of what will be required.
76. The severe limiting of the category would be pragmatic as well in securing more adequate medical insurance coverage.
77. Chapter 3 offers an alternative view of mainstream modernism-as fundamentally pragmatic(sentencedict.com), optimistic and urban.
78. The state consequently relied heavily upon instruments of repression and pragmatic administrative management.
79. The word political is somewhat unsuitable in the circumstances, since my own political stance has always been a pragmatic one.
80. Some time ago, Mattie had told her that she was a dreamer-not pragmatic.
81. They could interpret the word law in a more pragmatic or policy oriented sense.
82. Fourthly, it seems to be a fact that pragmatic constraints are generally defeasible, or not invariable.
83. At first glance, therefore, concessive holists appear to take a purely pragmatic view of the relations between holism and individualism.
84. It is by no means so obvious what the input and output of a pragmatic theory should be.
85. In fact an efficient parser must be guided by pragmatic as well as syntactic constraints.
86. Laski's political theory can in general be seen as the product of a pragmatic revolt in politics.
86. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
87. I emphasise the development of entrepreneurial skills and decentralisation, the importance of business and pragmatic approaches.
88. We need a pragmatic approach to sex education in schools.
89. This example illustrates again the important difference between semantic constraints and these sorts of pragmatic constraints.
90. The pragmatic, careful Dole might be able to unite his party.
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