silver bullet
noun
: something that acts as a magical weapon
especially
: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem
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But some people want a silver bullet with all the benefit without much effort.
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Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
And yet, despite over a century of protectionist sentiment and high tariff policies, accompanied by seemingly real, tangible economic results, many Americans realized that the tariff was not the silver bullet Carey and other protectionists had promised.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Many believed that once more of their colleagues in health care understood the silver bullet they’d been handed, the treatment would find its way into primary care, Martin told me.
—Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
The group ran through a number of ideas, according to a source, none of which would be a silver bullet to breaking the stalemate.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
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Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
And yet, despite over a century of protectionist sentiment and high tariff policies, accompanied by seemingly real, tangible economic results, many Americans realized that the tariff was not the silver bullet Carey and other protectionists had promised.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Many believed that once more of their colleagues in health care understood the silver bullet they’d been handed, the treatment would find its way into primary care, Martin told me.
—Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
The group ran through a number of ideas, according to a source, none of which would be a silver bullet to breaking the stalemate.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
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 21 May. 2025.
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