real solution
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- After years of discussion, the committee finally proposed a real solution to the community's housing crisis.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd there I think the real, real solution, again, is finding that common ground.
- And there I think the real, real solution, again, is finding that common ground.
- Who offers real solutions, productive solutions?
- For months, Congress has been unable to take concrete steps to find a real solution.
- But then even if that helps, but it's not, you know, the real solution.
- What I'm here to say is that we can in fact figure this out and we can give people real solutions.
- Pros will say no, we need to get to the bottom via first principles of what is actually factual and right and what is the real solution.
- You've got to run through like real solutions.
- So real solutions when it comes to our not just our enslavement that we're currently experiencing, but in our safety.
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Community is the only real solution to a world where everything has to be bought in.
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We need to uninstall both parties and find real solutions to our problems.
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My next guest actually has some real solutions on how to get this place back on the right track.
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The only real solution to the problem is a change of leadership.
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The problem with articles like this is that they offer no real solutions.
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As the economy continues to slide, it's Father and Son who are putting forward real solutions.
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Politics doesn't offer any real solutions to people.
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Not one of the main contenders offers real solutions to our basic problems.
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I don't believe the real solution is as simple as "stop having kids," but that's a start.
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You and many others reassure me that the quest for peaceful co-existence is the only real solution.
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Synonyms
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1.0
A solution that explains or fixes a problem
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2.1
An answer to a problem or a way to deal with a difficult situation
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An answer that fixes a problem or difficulty
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An answer that shows how to solve a problem
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Morphology
The meaning 'an effective or genuine answer' is directly and predictably built from the adjective 'real' (genuine) modifying the noun 'solution' (answer/remedy). This is a straightforward compositional adjective+noun pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase real solution uses a simple picture: real means 'genuine' and solution is an answer to a problem. Imagine a clear bottle holding an answer that truly 'works' — so real solution means a true, effective answer, not a quick fix.