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ex·pedi·ence [ɪkˈspi:diən(t)s, ek-] N, ex·pedi·en·cy [ɪkˈspi:diən(t)si, ek-] N no pl

1. expedience (suitability):

2. expedience pej (personal advantage):

preračunljivost f

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The policy of our opponents stands condemned on any test, whether of principle or expediency. en.wikipedia.org

They did not pursue this idea simply out of expediency or to raise the value of their properties. en.wikipedia.org

The expediency of some similar regulation seems to be manifest. en.wikipedia.org

He hoped for a democratic peace... free from the influences of political expediency which compromises with imperialism and surrenders to power politics. en.wikipedia.org

Researchers expediencies and biases, whether overt or unintentional, can lower construct validity by clouding the effect of the research variable. en.wikipedia.org

When coordinating corridors for friendly artillery trajectories through airspace, it is sometimes assumed (rarely, and for emergency expediency) that similar unlikelinesses apply. en.wikipedia.org

For expediency, the area of the metropolitan board was chosen for the new county, and no attempt was made to select new boundaries. en.wikipedia.org

Looking always for honest men, he found but a few in public life whose motives were not those of self-serving expediency; and he said so. en.wikipedia.org

The action became extremely popular due to its expediency. en.wikipedia.org

Proposals with merit are dropped in favor of proposals backed by political expediency. en.wikipedia.org

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