Thesaurus results for MAGIC BULLET

magic bullet

noun

as in silver bullet

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Recent Examples of magic bullet Will the Wilshire line be the magic bullet the system needs to connect the city and build a stronger culture of mass transit? —

Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 If only—but at the end of the day, no food is a magic bullet, not even TikTok’s darlings. —

Caroline Tien, SELF, 9 Mar. 2026 Reducing sitting time by (on average) 41 minutes per day was not a magic bullet for improving metabolic flexibility. —

Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 5 Mar. 2026 That proved to be the magic bullet for one couple who had been unsuccessfully trying to conceive for nearly 20 years. —

Phineas Rueckert, Longreads, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for magic bullet

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silver bullet

Noun

However, there's been no silver bullet to the problem.

— Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 18 June 2026
But although swapping virgin inputs for recycled material is often framed as a silver bullet, such alternatives come with their own environmental and logistical trade-offs.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 June 2026