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pragmatic
Adjective
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If you are pragmatic, you think about the value of rules and break them when they cause problems.
Your ways of solving the problem is very pragmatic but might anger some voters.
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If something is pragmatic it is about pragmatics.
Pragmatics can be different between groups of people that speak the same language. The rich may not have the same pragmatic rules as the poor.
The crazy man could speak normally, but had pragmatic problems.
sanction
Noun
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A sanction is an approval by an authority that makes something valid.
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A sanction is a penalty, punishment intended to ensure compliance.
Sanctions were placed on the company by the government.
sanction
Verb
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If something is being sanctioned, it was given official authorization or approval.
The scheme was sanctioned by the court.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
Bourges
properNoun
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town in the Centre-Val de Loire