silver bullet
noun
: something that acts as a magical weapon
especially
: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem
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Crowdfunding isn’t the silver bullet to the financing woes of the film business.
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Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
By no means is this a silver bullet as investment will continue to depend on the CEO’s awareness of the value of data, her other priorities and alternative uses of cash.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
No American silver bullet will cleanly depose Tehran’s Islamist leaders and peacefully transition the country to a stable, representative democracy.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
But Trump’s bond buying plan may not be a silver bullet.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
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Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
By no means is this a silver bullet as investment will continue to depend on the CEO’s awareness of the value of data, her other priorities and alternative uses of cash.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
No American silver bullet will cleanly depose Tehran’s Islamist leaders and peacefully transition the country to a stable, representative democracy.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
But Trump’s bond buying plan may not be a silver bullet.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for silver bullet
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“Silver bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20bullet. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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