secret sauce

[ see-krit saws ]

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noun

a secret element, strategy, procedure, etc., that accounts for or increases the chances of success:
The app's secret sauce is its simple interface.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of secret sauce¹

From a so-called sauce for hamburgers whose ingredients are a closely held secret

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Like his competitors at Unitree, Mr Pierce says that the real "secret sauce" is the software that allows the robot to work with humans.

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�� is the secret sauce that makes it work?

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That is consistently the same and I wish I could tell you what the secret sauce was because if we could bottle that and sell it, we would probably do very well financially.

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And, given that Taiwan and other parts of Asia have the secret sauce on creating high-precision chips, is it even possible for the US to produce them too, and at scale?

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The secret sauce behind Landlights is its dedication to fun and its approach to rigidity.

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