the ticket
noun
informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: the correct or most desirable thing : the thing that is needed or wanted
Compromise, now that's the ticket.
—often used in the phrase just the ticketFor a romantic dinner, candles are just the ticket.
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The biopic cost $55 million, and since theater owners keep roughly half of the ticket sales, the film needs to keep rocking at the box office to justify its price tag.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
Of the four winners in Wednesday’s big money Florida Lottery draw games — Powerball, Florida Lotto, Cash4Life, Fantasy 5 — two found good fortune at South Florida Chevron stations and one didn’t even have to pay for the ticket.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Mixology classes, included with the ticket, are scheduled take place at the bottom of each hour throughout the event.
—Felicia Campbell, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Hollywood were the ticket sales for such tentpoles as Top Gun, Die Hard, the Rambo movies and The Terminator.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
Of the four winners in Wednesday’s big money Florida Lottery draw games — Powerball, Florida Lotto, Cash4Life, Fantasy 5 — two found good fortune at South Florida Chevron stations and one didn’t even have to pay for the ticket.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Mixology classes, included with the ticket, are scheduled take place at the bottom of each hour throughout the event.
—Felicia Campbell, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Hollywood were the ticket sales for such tentpoles as Top Gun, Die Hard, the Rambo movies and The Terminator.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
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“The ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ticket. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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