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quick-and-dirty



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The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, has become a quick-and-dirty way to quantify caution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Here's the quick-and-dirty rundown on everything you need to know about tech politics this week.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023

A few months ago I looked at the “misery index” — the sum of unemployment and inflation, originally suggested by Arthur Okun as a quick-and-dirty summary of the state of the economy.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023

In a sense, the use of commonplace properties when details are missing is a type of heuristic — it is a quick-and-dirty strategy that will often work well but sometimes fail.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

Often, it pays to start with a "quick-and-dirty" search by throwing in words you think will do the trick.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd




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