quick fix

noun

: an expedient usually temporary or inadequate solution to a problem

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Unlike traditional lenders that offer quick fixes through loans, Lead Sensei understands that true business recovery and growth require more than just funding. Jon Stojan, USA Today, 1 May 2025 The networks that will thrive are those that view AI as a strategic capability to be carefully developed, not a quick fix to be rashly deployed. Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 While household names abound, the USMNT’s historically deep squad no longer exists and a quick fix is difficult. Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025 Even for a former central banker like Carney, or a resource-booster like Poilievre, there is no quick fix. Paula Newton, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quick fix

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quick fix was in 1966

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“Quick fix.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quick%20fix. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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