as in magic bullet
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something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem
—usually singular
There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems.
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Recent Examples of silver bullet
Politics in brief Trump’s GOTV bet: Trump’s campaign thinks its new get-out-the-vote strategy will be a silver bullet to capture key battleground states.
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
The mitigation measures are good up to a certain point, but none of them is a silver bullet if the underlying issues are still there.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Turning the mountains of valuable data within core systems into insight to drive both decision-making and better services—both front- and back-end—is the silver bullet of customer-first operations.
—Sanjay Brahmawar, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
As part of a deal with former Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth, Purdue had agreed to pay for what many felt was a silver bullet solution to prescription opioid deaths: a Prescription Drug Monitoring Database.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
The mitigation measures are good up to a certain point, but none of them is a silver bullet if the underlying issues are still there.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Turning the mountains of valuable data within core systems into insight to drive both decision-making and better services—both front- and back-end—is the silver bullet of customer-first operations.
—Sanjay Brahmawar, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
As part of a deal with former Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth, Purdue had agreed to pay for what many felt was a silver bullet solution to prescription opioid deaths: a Prescription Drug Monitoring Database.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for silver bullet
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