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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Two, Republicans will have to answer for the mayhem created in Trump’s first two years on their own, without Trump’s magnetism at the top of the ticket.
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Alejandro Puyana, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The Kentucky Lottery advised the winner to sign the back of the ticket and keep it safe until cashing it in.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
If that sounds like thirsty work, Irishman Colm Dalton has just the ticket.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
And the Opa-locka winner didn’t have to pay for the ticket.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
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Alejandro Puyana, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The Kentucky Lottery advised the winner to sign the back of the ticket and keep it safe until cashing it in.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
If that sounds like thirsty work, Irishman Colm Dalton has just the ticket.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
And the Opa-locka winner didn’t have to pay for the ticket.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
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“The ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ticket. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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