quick-and-dirty
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Here’s the quick-and-dirty on how to start practicing critical ignoring in the year ahead:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Here's the quick-and-dirty rundown on everything you need to know about tech politics this week.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 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
The quick-and-dirty headline is Wall Street reacting to the North Korean nuclear test.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2016
A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing bug or misfeature.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
