free lunch
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Most experts agree that the biggest free lunch from Wall Street is diversification.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
“There’s no free lunch, there’s no magic wand that makes all the problems go away,” said Fervo CEO Tim Latimer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
As Patti put it, "there is no free lunch" when it comes to sugar alternatives, and many metabolic pathways can ultimately lead back to liver dysfunction.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
In the multipurpose room, where a free lunch was being prepared, Larry Fazio called out bingo numbers for early arrivals.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
There is no such thing as a free lunch, and even if there were, there’d be no guarantee against indigestion.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
