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
But the response has been slow to materialize because there is no silver bullet.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
No Panacea — Just Smart Deployment There is no silver bullet in AI — only smart choices.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
But some people want a silver bullet with all the benefit without much effort.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
And yet, despite over a century of protectionist sentiment and high tariff policies, accompanied by seemingly real, tangible economic results, many Americans realized that the tariff was not the silver bullet Carey and other protectionists had promised.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
No Panacea — Just Smart Deployment There is no silver bullet in AI — only smart choices.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
But some people want a silver bullet with all the benefit without much effort.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
And yet, despite over a century of protectionist sentiment and high tariff policies, accompanied by seemingly real, tangible economic results, many Americans realized that the tariff was not the silver bullet Carey and other protectionists had promised.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver bullet
magic bullet
Noun
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That game, just as last Saturday’s matchup with Duke at the Smith Center, is the Tar Heels’ magic bullet.—
Steve Wiseman,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2025
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Other public health experts, however, are wary that one executive order alone can serve as a magic bullet to the challenges in health care cost transparency that have saddled the industry for decades.—
Marquise Francis,
NBC News,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Silver bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20bullet. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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