Walling America off—whether physically, economically, or digitally—is expedient, but it is the ultimate self-defeating move for a 21st-century power that relies on international interconnectedness.
Trump’s TikTok ban isn’t ‘tough on China’—it’s actually quite the opposite|jakemeth|September 9, 2020|Fortune
It was the result of a chain of good decisions—wise, prudent, long-sighted, or, at the least, expedient choices.
Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space?|P. J. O’Rourke|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Obama noted Thursday that both sides in the conflict blame the U.S., a popular and expedient political tactic in Egypt.
How Obama Lost His Influence in Egypt|Josh Rogin|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And because “it is very tempting to a minister to employ such an expedient…the practice will…be abused, in every government.”
Austerity’s Scottish Ghosts Haunt the Modern Economic Mind|Mark Blyth|May 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That tape will prove far more persuasive than any expedient and mealy mouthed evasions.
How Obama Will Cash In on Paul Ryan: Medicare, Taxes, Education & More|Robert Shrum|August 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is not language framing a political vision; it is a campaign slogan serving an expedient purpose.
Obama’s Speech Took Ideas From the GOP and Rhetoric From Madison Avenue|Lee Siegel|January 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He declared them to be, like all other morals, merely an expedient for protecting a certain type of man.
Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche
Contrivance and expedient presented themselves,—all inadequate to the emergency.
Alone|Marion Harland
But aloud he said, lightly: "Perhaps you may find it expedient to do the same thing, Miss West."
Lancaster's Choice|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
While this was going on Lepoletais coolly explained to Don Sancho the probable results of the expedient he had employed.
The Buccaneer Chief|Gustave Aimard
Not that she had ever tried it, but she did not think that it would be expedient.
Concerning Sally|William John Hopkins
British Dictionary definitions for expedient
expedient
/ (ɪkˈspiːdɪənt) /
adjective
suitable to the circumstances; appropriate
inclined towards methods or means that are advantageous rather than fair or just
noun Also: expediency
something suitable or appropriate, esp something used during an urgent situation
Derived forms of expedient
expediently, adverb
Word Origin for expedient
C14: from Latin expediēns setting free; see expedite