That clearly would have been the expedient solution.

The council arrived at an expedient solution, though one with troubling longer-term implications.

From the children's perspective, isolated instances of cheating are simply expedient solutions to a problem.

He would see only one practical and expedient solution to the situation.

Liberty ships were an expedient solution to a pressing problem, and it was never intended that they last more than five years.

I suppose I do try to find the most expedient solution to any problem.

A long fast, and an ordeal might do the trick, or perhaps there is a more expedient solution.

So there were bound to be situations where they looked for expedient solutions.

Until enough of those were manufactured, some expedient solution was required.

Until enough of those would be manufactured, expedient solutions were required.