quick fix

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Recent Examples of quick fix This quick fix would reload the military’s stock of interceptors with existing weapons systems, which is the source of the bad math. Aaron Brynildson, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026 Nuclear power isn't a quick fix for the current energy crisis. ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026 For weight loss after 70, slow and consistent effort paired with regular movement beats any quick fix — and Bates’ results make a pretty compelling case. Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026 Still, the disturbances to the energy sector have left aviation leaders feeling as though there’s no quick fix. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quick fix
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Noun
  • The substitute looks up and sends a shot crashing against the post from a tight angle.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In 2025, the CMS Fraud Defense Operations Center stopped nearly $185 million in improper payments to suspect providers billing for skin substitutes.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Families may be turning to the Cape as an alternate to traveling out of New England this season.
    Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • If a potential winner fails to respond to notification, fails to return required documents on time, is found to be ineligible, or otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate, in Sponsor’s discretion.
    AJC.com, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • However, the vice president will be on standby to travel to Islamabad if talks progress, the officials said, and members of his staff will be in Pakistan and attending the negotiations.
    Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Sakai, now 71, dedicates Sundays to making quarts of homemade dashi, or broth, for her household of two, keeping them on standby for breakfast and other meals.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That was the advice Queta’s veteran backup, Nikola Vucevic, had for the first-year starting center ahead of Game 6 against the 76ers on Thursday.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Second-year guard Saniya Rivers, who mostly played the two or three last season, ran point in the starting lineup with Leger-Walker and second-year guard Migna Toure coming in as her backups, and the lack of experience in the team’s ball-handlers was apparent in their turnover woes.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Together, the mix of real and stand-in homes helped construct the outsized world he was known for.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The shark is a pleasing stand-in for a big bossy grownup, easily fooled.
    Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Sam Brunson, a nonprofit law professor at Loyola University Chicago, told Fortune that as a general rule, a donor who dislikes how a charity later spends its money has no recourse beyond ceasing to donate.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • What recourse is there for those who do care, other than resigned acceptance and a bit of gallows humor?
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026

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“Quick fix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick%20fix. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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