silver bullet
noun
: something that acts as a magical weapon
especially
: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem
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Restarts likely to secure greenlight While reactor restarts aren’t a silver bullet, shoring up and maintaining the existing fleet is crucial, Goff said.
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Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
Its drugs are also regarded as a genuine silver bullet to addressing a long-running obesity crisis in the Western world.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Sep. 2024
There is no silver bullet that, alone, would adequately address both Google’s scale and distribution advantage, as well as ensure that Google cannot circumvent its obligations.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
Sometimes, big things can come from small improvements In all likelihood, there isn’t going to be a silver bullet that suddenly fixes the longstanding limitations of large language models.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
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Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
Its drugs are also regarded as a genuine silver bullet to addressing a long-running obesity crisis in the Western world.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Sep. 2024
There is no silver bullet that, alone, would adequately address both Google’s scale and distribution advantage, as well as ensure that Google cannot circumvent its obligations.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
Sometimes, big things can come from small improvements In all likelihood, there isn’t going to be a silver bullet that suddenly fixes the longstanding limitations of large language models.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Silver bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20bullet. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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