silver bullet
noun
: something that acts as a magical weapon
especially
: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem
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There is no silver bullet to solve this revenue gap and some hard decisions need to be made.
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Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
There is no silver bullet or one right way to be an effective leader, but all leaders should understand and actively develop the three skill sets necessary for long-term leadership success: Technical Leadership, Organizational Leadership and Self-Leadership.
—Tony Gambill, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Americans’ data is ‘widely available’ Some privacy and technology experts say simply transferring control of TikTok to a new owner won’t be a silver bullet to protect US users’ data from China, given that Beijing has plenty of other avenues for accessing information about Americans.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
No full moons, no silver bullets, no ancients curses and the like, just a title card at the beginning of the film stating that wolf man sightings have been a phenomenon since indigenious peoples ruled the Americas.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
There is no silver bullet or one right way to be an effective leader, but all leaders should understand and actively develop the three skill sets necessary for long-term leadership success: Technical Leadership, Organizational Leadership and Self-Leadership.
—Tony Gambill, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Americans’ data is ‘widely available’ Some privacy and technology experts say simply transferring control of TikTok to a new owner won’t be a silver bullet to protect US users’ data from China, given that Beijing has plenty of other avenues for accessing information about Americans.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
No full moons, no silver bullets, no ancients curses and the like, just a title card at the beginning of the film stating that wolf man sightings have been a phenomenon since indigenious peoples ruled the Americas.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Silver bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20bullet. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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