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 ticket

For a romantic dinner, candles are just the ticket.

Examples of the ticket in a Sentence

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Her candidacy energized Democrats who feared they were destined for defeat with Biden at the top of the ticket. —

Matt Brown, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024 Trump is laying the groundwork to contest the results by falsely claiming Democrats are allowing undocumented migrants to vote, and that his legal cases, Harris’ replacement of Biden at the top of the ticket and negative media coverage of his campaign all amount to election fraud. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Eric Huhn, 62, plans to vote Republican, from Trump all the way to the bottom of the ticket. —

Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 This photo was taken from my dad’s first week on the ticket. —

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