Collocations for pragmatic - adj.

be, seem
become
remain

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
highly
entirely, purely, strictly, utterly
ruthlessly
We must be ruthlessly pragmatic and intensely focused.

essentially, largely
Our approach is essentially pragmatic.

about
They're pragmatic about the spending cuts.

Pragmatic is used with these nouns:
approach, compromise, consideration, end, reason, solution