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Recent Examples of quick fixBut even understanding what needs to be done has proven to be a massive and complicated challenge, stalling any quick fixes.—Alex Harris, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025 No quick fix Analysts say the Monday talks are unlikely to make much progress in resolving disagreements and sector-specific tariffs targeting a range of strategic industries, ranging from technology and critical minerals to manufacturing and agriculture.—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 June 2025 Rather, Trump and his economic officials have decried economic circumstances that have developed slowly over decades and are attempting some kind of intuitive (and counterproductive) quick fix to address them.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025 Selling a plan to reinvent the Academy as a solution to the ongoing pilot shortage is exactly the kind of quick fix that plays well in D.C. when politically expedient.—Kent Murphy, Denver Post, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for quick fix
If your carpets or upholstered furniture are attacked by something greasy, leaving a horrible, oily stain, shampoo is on standby to help you out.
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Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025
Thailand’s prime minister said Tuesday the air force has planes on standby to evacuate some 40,000 Thai citizens in Israel, who mostly work in agriculture.
Jordan Mason was also acquired in an offseason trade to be the team's backup running back.
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Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
This ship, which can break nearly five feet of ice, is meant to serve as a backup to the United States’ older icebreakers until a new, more powerful icebreaker that the first Trump administration commissioned in 2019 is constructed.
Can Rat Study Findings Translate Directly to Humans? Rats are commonly used as stand-ins for humans in preclinical research, according to Peter Landrigan, MD, a co-author of the study and director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College.
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Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
20 June 2025
The Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream is often praised as a great stand-in for the pricier L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream.
Since mining safety investigations were largely left to the states to oversee, citizens who filed complaints were left with little recourse when reports stalled or went unaddressed.
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Laken Brooks,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Clubs have, perhaps naturally, linked their one avenue of recourse to the existing rules framework.
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Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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