killer app
noun
: a computer application of such great value or popularity that it assures the success of the technology with which it is associated
broadly
: a feature or component that in itself makes something worth having or using
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Entrepreneurship is the secret sauce — the ‘killer app’ — of the American economy.
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Ted Tucker, National Review, 22 June 2025
Considering the size and strength of that library, this already gives the Switch 2 an enormous advantage, a killer app, out of the gate.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
That’s a killer app for a very small percentage of the population (such as people dealing with paralysis or blindness).
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2017
But the real killer app of the story, adapted by Chris and Paul Weitz, is the snarky worldview of the artificial life form at its center.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Ted Tucker, National Review, 22 June 2025
Considering the size and strength of that library, this already gives the Switch 2 an enormous advantage, a killer app, out of the gate.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
That’s a killer app for a very small percentage of the population (such as people dealing with paralysis or blindness).
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2017
But the real killer app of the story, adapted by Chris and Paul Weitz, is the snarky worldview of the artificial life form at its center.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for killer app
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“Killer app.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killer%20app. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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