as in panacea
something that cures all ills or problems
raising a young person's self-esteem is not the cure-all that some people think
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Recent Examples of cure-all
But magnesium is not a cure-all, Pasquariello cautioned.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Of course, no supplement is a cure-all, and there are other ways to support brain health, including maintaining a healthy diet and exercise regimen.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
That maxim certainly applies to the push by Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union leadership to look to the tax increment financing program as a cure-all for their $734 million budget shortfall.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Fertilizer isn’t a cure-all for lawn disease; on the contrary, fertilizer can amplify the problem.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2025
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Of course, no supplement is a cure-all, and there are other ways to support brain health, including maintaining a healthy diet and exercise regimen.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
That maxim certainly applies to the push by Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union leadership to look to the tax increment financing program as a cure-all for their $734 million budget shortfall.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Fertilizer isn’t a cure-all for lawn disease; on the contrary, fertilizer can amplify the problem.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure-all
Noun
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Times have changed, and squirreling away cap space is no longer a panacea, something the Heat essentially acknowledged in changing course over the past year.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Technology in the provision of educational instruction is not a panacea or substitute for live presentation.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The best smart telescopes offer a powerful remedy to this problem in the form of advanced image stacking and real-time processing to filter out artificial light interference and reveal detail in objects that would be difficult to observe with the naked eye or traditional optics.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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As the Harvard Business Review (HBR) explains, learning is a remedy for the fear of failure.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is no cure or treatment for the disease beyond treatment of symptoms.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
12 Sep. 2025
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But don’t listen to the pessimists who say there is no cure.—
Emily Trainham,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The oil-free elixir blends l-ascorbic acid, silymarin, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid to protect against free radical damage, stave off excess oil production, and clarify pores.—
Akili King,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
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Made with 83 ingredients, think of it as part greens powder, part gut-health-supporting drink, and part adaptogenic elixir.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
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But Wolff’s work and influence, alongside a simultaneous rise in the fields of psychology and psychosomatic medicine, helped to disperse those nostrums into the wider culture—and into the prevailing paradigm within which other headache scientists and clinicians toiled.—
Tom Zeller Jr.
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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