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quick fix

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Recent Examples of quick fix Apparently, the injury was not a quick fix, as Anthony Volpe took his spot in the lineup. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 Tips For Making Your Home Smell Fresh For a quick fix in lifting your home's air, try one or a combination of these methods. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 And while fiber candy might seem like a quick fix, stick with whole foods instead. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026 There’s no quick fix to become more open-minded. — Daryl Van Tongeren, Fortune, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for quick fix

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Noun

There’s also no substitute for the sense of control, purpose, and fulfillment that comes from creating and executing a vision.

— Naveen Jain, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Rohmer’s great literary achievement is twofold—artistic success and worldly failure—which gave rise to his cinema of substitute gratifications, second chances, and miraculous redemptions.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

Definition of substitute

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Pretoria responded to the threat of violence in June 30 protests with millions of dollars shuffled inside the police budget, tactical units deployed, and soldiers on standby.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026

Definition of standby

Noun

Always carry a physical guidebook or printed hike details in a waterproof bag as a backup, since batteries die and cell coverage on remote trails is often nonexistent.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol were called in for backup.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

Definition of backup

Noun

Now that other beloved underdogs (Cabo Verde, Curaçao, DR Congo) have been knocked out of the competition, Norway has become a stand-in for those who no longer have a team of their own.

— Alan Chazaro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Introduced as part of a collaboration with the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts and Center for Design Innovation, the robo-deputy is meant to stand-in for human cops during intense standoffs.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 8 July 2026

Definition of stand-in

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In May, a California family was unable to seek recourse after a Los Angeles jury found the LAPD was not liable for an officer's fatal shooting of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta.

— Laura Geller, CBS News, 13 July 2026
The lawsuit was unusual in the capital city, where homeless people have little recourse to challenge city policies about throwing away their belongings.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

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