quick-fix solution

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solution
noun
uk
/səˈluː.ʃən/us
/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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We do not want aquick-fixsolutionor a sad attempt at making cheap party political points, such as those we have heard this evening.
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The foundation is very good, and aquick-fixsolutionhas been proposed: that it extend its remit to all illegal content.
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There is noquick-fixsolutionto the issue of religious discrimination.
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We must exercise caution in rushing to aquick-fixsolution.
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There is noquick-fixsolution, and nothing that has been said this evening will change that.
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Intergenerational deprivation, however, is a generational challenge, and there is noquick-fixsolution.
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However, we recognise that the measures currently in place and those being investigated do not identify an immediatequick-fixsolution.
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There can be noquick-fixsolution, but sometimes it is important to state that there is a bottom line.
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Amidst the welter of recent publicity about fraud it is all too easy to be misled by righteous indignation into believing that there is somequick-fixsolution.
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The minimum wage is a con on the less well-off to try to trick them into thinking that there is an easy, pat,quick-fixsolutionto low pay.
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There is no one simplequick-fixsolution.
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No one has aquick-fixsolutiontoday.
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Organic farmers do not have the option of quick-fix solutions to pesticide risks used by conventional farmers4.
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Firstly, the complexity and diversity of problems faced by stroke patients and their families in the longer-term suggests that there are unlikely to be easy or quick-fix solutions.
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The annuality rules of city challenge, the drive for quick-fix solutions, has not worked.
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We are tackling entrenched and often long-standing problems, which are not amenable to quick-fix solutions.
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There are no short-term, quick-fix solutions, but we can do positive things to build for the future quality relationships in the home.
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