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Expedience in a sentence

Expedience meaning

  1. The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
  2. Speed, haste or urgency.
  3. Something that is expedient.

Synonyms of Expedience

expediency advantage vantage inexpediency inexpedience opportunism self-interest self-seeking selfishness

Related words

Other words often associated with Expedience or its synonyms:

disadvantage plus asset selfish point trait prefer unselfishness benefit favour place penalty

Using Expedience

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case. | Speed, haste or urgency. | Something that is expedient.
  • Useful related words include: expediency, advantage, vantage, inexpediency.
  • In the example corpus, expedience often appears in combinations such as: political expedience, expedience of.

Context around Expedience

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

political 5× greed 1×

Often after:

alone 1×

Sentence patterns with Expedience

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and political expedience 1× certainly not expedience alone sustained 1× driven by expedience to be 1× for greed expedience and speed 1× for political expedience 1× of political expedience for personal 1× sake of expedience he would 1× the expedience of his 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

along with letter 1× conviction and certainly 1× given that we 1× in the hullaballoo 1× jefferson chose to 1× like any resourceful 1×

Common sentence endings:

and political expedience 1× bed with taylor 1× clear to us 1× expedience and speed 1× for political expedience 1× of the language 1×

Words around Expedience

Just before it in the word index:

expediate 2 expedia 77 expects 2.375 expectoration 5 expectorate 3 expecto 2

Just after it in the word index:

expediencies 2 expediency 66 expedient 72 expediently 6 expedients 5 expedite 266

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Expedience

  • In this selection, "expedience" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, political, greed and alone stand out and add context to how "expedience" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and political expedience and certainly not expedience alone sustained. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "expedience" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with expedience

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Jefferson chose to retain Wilkinson, a Republican, for political expedience. (10 words)

Conviction, and certainly not expedience alone, sustained Jonson's faith during the troublesome twelve years he remained a Catholic. (19 words)

Along with letter writing, eating at actual dinner tables, we've thrown away actual editing for greed, expedience, and speed. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Yet, in Shōshi's salon there was a great deal of hostility towards the language—perhaps owing to political expedience during a period when Chinese began to be rejected in favor of Japanese—even though Shōshi herself was a student of the language. (43 words)

Like any resourceful hooker, you guys imagine a day not far in the future when it may be expedient (the unscrupulous are always driven by expedience) to be in bed with Taylor. (32 words)

Given that we have not arbitrarily decided that life starts prior to independent viability for the political expedience of painting the other side as murderers, the distinction is very clear to us. (32 words)

Example sentences (10)

Like any resourceful hooker, you guys imagine a day not far in the future when it may be expedient (the unscrupulous are always driven by expedience) to be in bed with Taylor.

They started well with a popular appeal.but their democratic values have been sacrificed on an alter of political expedience for personal gains, much to to the dismay of their supporters.

Along with letter writing, eating at actual dinner tables, we've thrown away actual editing for greed, expedience, and speed.

Given that we have not arbitrarily decided that life starts prior to independent viability for the political expedience of painting the other side as murderers, the distinction is very clear to us.

In the hullaballoo of harmonised elections, hardly anybody remembers the issues at stake and as such basic service delivery issues are dumped at the altar of electoral and political expedience.

Conviction, and certainly not expedience alone, sustained Jonson's faith during the troublesome twelve years he remained a Catholic.

Jefferson chose to retain Wilkinson, a Republican, for political expedience.

So for the sake of expedience, he would munch and then spit the carrot bits into a spittoon rather than swallowing them, and continue with the dialogue.

The expedience of his campaign probably guaranteed Pompey his next and even more impressive command, this time in Rome's long-running war against Mithridates.

Yet, in Shōshi's salon there was a great deal of hostility towards the language—perhaps owing to political expedience during a period when Chinese began to be rejected in favor of Japanese—even though Shōshi herself was a student of the language.

Common combinations with expedience

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "expedience" in a sentence?
An example: "Like any resourceful hooker, you guys imagine a day not far in the future when it may be expedient (the unscrupulous are always driven by expedience) to be in bed with Taylor." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "expedience" from authentic English texts.
What does "expedience" mean?
Expedience means: The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
What are synonyms of "expedience"?
Common synonyms of "expedience" include: expediency, advantage, vantage, inexpediency, inexpedience, opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "expedience" are there?
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