The term "expediency" has been used in literature to denote a kind of pragmatic adjustment—often at the expense of higher principles or long-term considerations. In military and political discourse, for instance, it appears in discussions of strategy and compromise, as seen in Jomini’s works on war [1, 2, 3, 4] and in Thomas Jefferson’s politically charged writings [5, 6, 7, 8]. At the same time, novelists such as Jane Austen employ the term to reflect personal decision-making and the balancing of duty and self-interest [9, 10, 11, 12]. Philosophers like Plato also interrogate the notion, contrasting expediency with a more enduring concept of right, suggesting that what is expedient is merely that which is appropriate under limited human conditions [13, 14, 15, 16]. Moreover, the ethicist Thoreau cautions against letting expediency override steadfast principles, warning that the sway of practicality can erode true moral judgment [17, 18, 19, 20, 21]. Together, these examples paint a picture of "expediency" as a multifaceted term that is as much about the necessity of adapting to circumstances as it is about the potential perils of forgoing idealism.