as in remedy
something that cures all ills or problems
a woman who seems to believe that chicken soup is a panacea for nearly everything
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Recent Examples of panacea
And even in the most optimal settings, the clinical data suggest these therapies are not a panacea.
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Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
Parrots make lime green flashes in sacred Almescar trees, a panacea of the indigenous Pataxó community.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Not a panacea Experts cautioned that EVs won’t fully solve problems around the green transition and energy security.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for panacea
Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
Parrots make lime green flashes in sacred Almescar trees, a panacea of the indigenous Pataxó community.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Not a panacea Experts cautioned that EVs won’t fully solve problems around the green transition and energy security.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for panacea
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
Noun
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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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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 Roman writers Celsus and Pliny the Elder attest to these beliefs; people lined up to avail themselves of bodily elixirs.—
Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Via peptides, keratin, fermented rice powder, and botanical extract—cocktailed into a watery serum—this elixir is one of the most potent topical thickening agents.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
10 June 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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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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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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