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The phrase "a bolt on" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in contexts related to modifications or additions, often in automotive or mechanical discussions, referring to components that can be easily attached or added.
Example: "The new exhaust system is a bolt on, making installation straightforward for any mechanic."
Alternatives: "an add-on" or "a quick attachment".
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At one end was a room with a bolt on the door that could only be opened from the outside.
He said a bolt on the front door had been locked, when no one in the family used it.
She had somehow swung her ankle and gouged it down a bolt on the chair.
The police said that a bolt on a side panel of the truck apparently came loose as the vehicle turned.
The minivans were built with a bolt on the lower control arm in the front suspension that could break, leading to a loss of control.
There is great value in incorporating new technologies not as a bolt on or reward, but as an integral part of the process.
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But the preferred transaction isn't a transformational deal so much as a "bolt-on" one, a takeover that adds to an existing division instead of bringing in an entirely business line.
The environment is still a bolt-on.
Even when they do open up a little, it always feels like a bolt-on.
Employability skills should not be seen as a bolt-on module.
Even in Beijing the Paralympics was included almost like a bolt-on.
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