as in magic bullet
US
something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem
—usually singular
There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems.
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Recent Examples of silver bullet
Technology was treated as a support, not a silver bullet.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Ice batteries certainly aren’t a silver bullet, but their widespread adoption could help stem the tide of this emerging energy dilemma.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Boutakidis says that much more research is needed to better understand the impacts of redshirting and that the idea should not be sold as a silver bullet for the academic gender gap.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 25 Aug. 2025
That change looks less like a silver bullet and more like a portfolio of priorities that the model especially favors.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Ice batteries certainly aren’t a silver bullet, but their widespread adoption could help stem the tide of this emerging energy dilemma.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Boutakidis says that much more research is needed to better understand the impacts of redshirting and that the idea should not be sold as a silver bullet for the academic gender gap.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 25 Aug. 2025
That change looks less like a silver bullet and more like a portfolio of priorities that the model especially favors.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for silver bullet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver bullet
magic bullet
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Since then, the country has clung to oil as a magic bullet for prosperity – a policy pursued by former president David Granger, who governed until 2020.—
Anabella González,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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There is no magic bullet to stopping the drug trade.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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