open sesame
noun
open ses·a·me
ˌō-pən-ˈse-sə-mē 
: something that unfailingly brings about a desired end
Examples of open sesame in a Sentence
Perfect test scores are an open sesame to the best schools.
it turned out that a simple “please” was the open sesame for charming the hotel manager into giving us a room with a better view
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But is an ‘Alexandria in the cloud’ really an open sesame?
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2023
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Arika Herron, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
But is an ‘Alexandria in the cloud’ really an open sesame?
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2023
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“Open sesame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20sesame. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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