special sauce
noun
: secret sauce
… thinly sliced lamb served with tomato, onion and special sauce on warm pita bread …—
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New TimesThe special sauce is their software that enables the computers to tell whether a call has reached a live person or an answering device …—Tiernan Ray
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Plus, all the special sauce would run out of the sides of the buns.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Chick-fil-A, known for its fried or grilled chicken sandwiches, waffle fries and special sauce, plans to build a new location at 3310 Washtenaw Ave., the company confirmed in an email to the Free Press.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2024
Something of Universal Soldier’s action-horror male soap opera can be found in later action vehicles (Vin Diesel in Bloodshot is a vindictive elite soldier), but the special sauce in Day of the Reckoning is Adkins.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The special sauce of primary care will not be saved until the overwhelming number of metrics that sit heavily on primary care providers’ shoulders is winnowed down.
—Katherine Gergen Barnett and Lara F. Terry, STAT, 2 May 2024
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Chick-fil-A, known for its fried or grilled chicken sandwiches, waffle fries and special sauce, plans to build a new location at 3310 Washtenaw Ave., the company confirmed in an email to the Free Press.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2024
Something of Universal Soldier’s action-horror male soap opera can be found in later action vehicles (Vin Diesel in Bloodshot is a vindictive elite soldier), but the special sauce in Day of the Reckoning is Adkins.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The special sauce of primary care will not be saved until the overwhelming number of metrics that sit heavily on primary care providers’ shoulders is winnowed down.
—Katherine Gergen Barnett and Lara F. Terry, STAT, 2 May 2024
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“Special sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20sauce. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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