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Expedient

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt

Definitions

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

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Examples

“To secure such a market, there is no other expedient, than to promote manufacturing establishments.”
“He would never let her know that he was aware of the strange expedient to which she had been driven by her great distress.”
Depressingly, [...] the expedient of importing African slaves was in part meant to protect the native American population from exploitation.”

CEFR level

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