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Beneficial or being of advantage in a given circumstance

Marked by suitability or aptness

Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

Favourable or serviceable

Obtained or achieved more by chance than skill

Capable of working successfully

Created or done for a particular purpose as necessary

Reliable and unfailing

Attempting to achieve one's goals by unscrupulous scheming

Imperative or essential for one's well-being or goals

A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral

A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense

An improvisation, or something done without prior thought or planning

Place to hide, have privacy

Appropriateness or suitability

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Adjective

Beneficial or being of advantage in a given circumstance

to one's advantage

in your best interests

in one's best interests

with both feet on the ground

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“It might be expedient to keep this information to yourself.”

Adjective

Marked by suitability or aptness

that's the ticket

just what was ordered

in keeping with

fit for purpose

at the right time

up-to-the-minute

in the nick of time

full of promise

normal for the time of year

appropriate to the time of year

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Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

well thought out

hedging one's bets

as sharp as a tack

having fancy footwork

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Adjective

Favourable or serviceable

to one's advantage

to your advantage

worth the effort

born with a silver spoon in your mouth

worth its weight in gold

financially rewarding

very productive

in one's interests

in one's best interests

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Adjective

Obtained or achieved more by chance than skill

at the mercy of events

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Adjective

Capable of working successfully

well thought out

within possibility

within the bounds of possibility

within the realms of possibility

able to be done

tried and tested

well-thought-out

well-engineered

full of common sense

well engineered

tested and proved

holding together

based on hard data

based on hard facts

having all one's marbles

able to hold water

well thought-out

holding up in wash

got it together

standing to reason

in one's right mind

based on good sense

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Adjective

Created or done for a particular purpose as necessary

improvisational

spur-of-the-moment

cobbled together

extemporised^UK

extemporized^US

rough and ready

thrown together

quick and dirty

rough-and-ready

quick-and-dirty

rough-and-tumble

off the top of your head

autoschediastic

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Reliable and unfailing

tried and tested

make good on something

thick as thieves

as thick as thieves

on top of each other

joined at the hip

in each other's pocket

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Adjective

Attempting to achieve one's goals by unscrupulous scheming

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

double-crossing

as sharp as a tack

crazy like a fox

stop-at-nothing

under-the-table

cloak-and-dagger

hole-and-corner

under the table

playing politics

not straightforward

unconscientious

like a snake in the grass

in your best interests

in one's best interests

against the rules

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Adjective

Imperative or essential for one's well-being or goals

vitally important

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

of great import

of great importance

no laughing matter

of significance

earth-shattering

mission-critical

business-critical

meat-and-potatoes

of vital importance

world-shattering

name-of-the-game

a matter of life and death

extremely important

of great moment

matter of life and death

at the heart of

extremely helpful

extremely useful

worth its weight in gold

worthy of attention

carrying a lot of weight

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Noun

A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral

course of action

instrumentality

temporary measure

temporary solution

organization^US

source of assistance

organisation^UK

instrumentation

possible course of action

confidence trick

sleight of hand

temporary expedient

instrument panel

attention-grabber

oldest trick in the book

bait and switch

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

quick-wittedness

someone to turn to

something to turn to

means of expression

resourcefulness

substitute agent

available resource

place to turn to

person to turn to

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“Yet in practice this apparently simple expedient is frequently impossible.”

Noun

A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense

rationalisation^UK

rationalization^US

why and wherefore

ostensible reason

mitigating circumstances

defending evidence

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Noun

An improvisation, or something done without prior thought or planning

Noun

Place to hide, have privacy

place of shelter

place of safety

port in a storm

sanctum sanctorum

place of security

place of escape

stamping ground

stomping ground

sequestered nook

living quarters

somewhere to stay

somewhere to live

hole in the wall

a roof over your head

holiday destination

place of origin

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Appropriateness or suitability

advantageousness

appropriateness

recommendability

well-suitedness

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