for reasons of expediency

collocation in English

meaningsoffor,reasonandexpedience

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for
preposition
uk
/fɔːr/us
/fɔːr/
intended to be ...
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reason
noun
uk
/ˈriː.zən/us
/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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expedience
noun[U]
uk
/ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/us
/ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/
the situation in which something is helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not ...
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(Definition offor,reasonandexpediencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffor reasons of expediency

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But this must never be dominated by reasons of expediency.
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A different view is now taken for reasons of expediency.
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They hold the passports for reasons of expediency.
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Their appearance in those courts or tribunals may be for reasons of expediency.
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We do not publish a report for reasons of expediency, but to enable us to see what the position is on every hand.
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What we should not do is, for reasons of expediency, derogate from the status of our law or our law courts.
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We have begun to erode and whittle away at democracy for reasons of expediency.
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This proves, if any proof be needed, that it may be wrong to give way for reasons of expediency, rather than do what is obviously the reasonable and proper thing.
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It is that we ought to be careful before we introduce any policy for reasons of expediency which can be exploited by our opponents when they take office.
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This constitutes a very strong argument on practical grounds and on reasons of expediency for fixing the age at 18 and not at a lower age.
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This too reveals that his conversion was for reasons of expediency.
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