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Meanings of band-aid in English

Russian
пластырь
Portuguese
bandaid
Spanish
venda
Catalan
tireta

A small self-adhesive medical dressing used for injuries not serious enough to require a full-size bandage.

пластырь
Usage of band-aid in English
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The tier-two system is just a band-aid to the issue, he writes.
The Irish Times
2
I bathed antiseptic onto my fingers and sealed the cuts with band-aid.
The Quiet Earth
3
Condom use is the extremely effective band-aid to a massive problem.
Ebony
4
Of course, all this may prove little more than a band-aid.
Wired
5
Is it more than just a band-aid for a broken system?
Wired
6
They'll need a mop and a band-aid, I kid you not.'
The Pilo Family Circus
7
All your charities have never given so much as a band-aid to so many.
Seven Surrenders
8
Neither WADA nor the IAAF are going to buy a band-aid solution, he told Reuters.
Radio NZ
9
Ads are a band-aid measure, and they don't say anything profound about the browser market itself.
Reuters
10
Sometimes this month feels like a band-aid that says okay you can discuss your issues now.
The South African
11
Dwight Howard merely placed a band-aid over a gunshot wound by opting in for another season.
Ebony
12
He managed to find a band-aid in the rubble and plastered the cut in his heel.
The Pilo Family Circus
13
But neither a band-aid factory measure or a good dose of outrage will fix the factory's culture.
Reuters
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We're tired of promises and band-aid solutions.
Reuters
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It was no band-aid brouhaha this time.
I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon
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Let's all get f***king woke, anything else is just a band-aid. Follow Insight on Twitter
Radio NZ