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"Low-hanging"

"Low-hanging" is used as shorthand for easy, meaning an option or opportunity that is simple to reach and requires little effort to capture.

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How "Low-hanging" shows up at work

Stripped down from the full fruit metaphor, this adjective gets attached to anything the speaker wants to frame as obviously achievable. "The low-hanging options" sounds more strategic than "the easy ones," which is why it keeps getting used.

Buzzword

There are some low-hanging improvements we can ship before the next sprint.

Plain English

There are some easy improvements we can ship before the next sprint.

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