silver bullet
noun
: something that acts as a magical weapon
especially
: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem
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Neither Walsh nor many of his peers claim simply mass-producing new apartment complexes is the silver bullet for Fort Worth’s housing struggles.
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024
There are a lot of little experiments taking place in different places, but no one has discovered a silver bullet yet.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 June 2024
Even presidential term limits are hardly a silver bullet for protecting democracy, however.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Still, different sampling and weighting techniques featured trade-offs and offered no silver bullets.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 30 May 2024
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024
There are a lot of little experiments taking place in different places, but no one has discovered a silver bullet yet.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 June 2024
Even presidential term limits are hardly a silver bullet for protecting democracy, however.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Still, different sampling and weighting techniques featured trade-offs and offered no silver bullets.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 30 May 2024
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“Silver bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20bullet. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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