as in panacea
something that cures all ills or problems
warned that casino gambling would not be an elixir for all of the region's economic woes
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Recent Examples of elixir
Sunday Riley Good Genes All-in-One Lactic Acid Treatment My medium skin tone is prone to dark spots, but the Sunday Riley Good Genes elixir combats scaring.
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Ruby McAuliffe, InStyle, 4 June 2026
After a long flight, this is the place to catch a break by the fireplace with an herbal elixir and a good rubdown or a dip in one of the whirlpools.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Wally, a doctor, wants to experiment with Mother and use her golden blood to help humanity, arguing that the youthful elixir surely contains a multitude of medical cures.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Blending apple cider vinegar and turmeric into a shot or elixir has gained popularity among wellness enthusiasts as a natural remedy for a wide variety of health concerns.
—Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 17 May 2026
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Ruby McAuliffe, InStyle, 4 June 2026
After a long flight, this is the place to catch a break by the fireplace with an herbal elixir and a good rubdown or a dip in one of the whirlpools.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Wally, a doctor, wants to experiment with Mother and use her golden blood to help humanity, arguing that the youthful elixir surely contains a multitude of medical cures.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Blending apple cider vinegar and turmeric into a shot or elixir has gained popularity among wellness enthusiasts as a natural remedy for a wide variety of health concerns.
—Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
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And environmentalists like Patrick McDonough warn that building more desal plants up and down the California coast isn't the panacea for the Colorado River crisis.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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Cons to Using Orange Peels While often touted as a panacea around the garden, orange peels have some downsides.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
31 May 2026
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At least 100 of these California workers have undergone or are awaiting a lung transplant, a complicated procedure that extends life but does not provide a long-term cure.—
David Michaels,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Once plants are infected, there is no cure.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 June 2026
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The defense team also pointed to another Utah criminal case in which prosecutors were accused of contempt and suggested that one potential remedy would be to bar the state from seeking the death penalty.—
Rebecca Boone,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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The main remedy Robinson’s defense suggested if prosecutors were held in contempt was for the death penalty to be removed as a possible punishment, should Robinson be convicted.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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Anderson found the origins of present fads in the fervent nostrums of the past.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Because of the false but persistent and powerfully seductive nostrum that reducing the value of a country’s currency will stimulate its economy by making its exports cheaper and its imports more expensive.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Where InsurTech startups were once pitched as plug-and-play cure-alls, the talk now is of narrower tools trained on a single bottleneck, with the carrier keeping hold of the judgment.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The raves on TikTok won’t tell you this because, according to many of these videos, sardines are a skincare cure-all.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 June 2026
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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