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Definition of secret sauce

secret sauce

noun

  • the essential (but perhaps largely unknown) ingredient required for success.
                                                                                                                                                                             

    Citation from "Gawker figures out secret sauce of media", MarketWatch, Larry Kramer, Nov 16 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                                                                                                                                     

    Citation from "Ex-Goldman Programmer Is Arrested Again", The New York Times DealBook, Peter Lattman, August 9 2012 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Aug 10 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 18 2010.

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