the ticket
noun
informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: the correct or most desirable thing : the thing that is needed or wanted
Compromise, now that's the ticket.
—often used in the phrase just the ticketFor a romantic dinner, candles are just the ticket.
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Leading the ticket alongside Magyar are international energy expert Anita Orbán (no relation to the prime minister), whom the party tapped as its prospective foreign policy chief, and former Shell executive István Kapitány, who would fill a senior economy position in a future Tisza government.
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Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026
Castro bought the ticket that matched all five numbers plus the Powerball from Joe's Service Center in Altadena, California.
—Jennifer Sangalang, Florida Times-Union, 15 Feb. 2026
Neha Nidamarti, 36, was one of the ticket winners.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Wu, who has been fawned over by liberal media, would come to the ticket with no such baggage.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026
Castro bought the ticket that matched all five numbers plus the Powerball from Joe's Service Center in Altadena, California.
—Jennifer Sangalang, Florida Times-Union, 15 Feb. 2026
Neha Nidamarti, 36, was one of the ticket winners.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Wu, who has been fawned over by liberal media, would come to the ticket with no such baggage.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the ticket
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“The ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ticket. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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