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
Their goal is to then access a magic elixir that’ll revive the lotus and extend their lives.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
In the wintertime, try their signature hot cocoa or chocolate elixir.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
For political operatives, the crafting of partisan redistricting maps is the miracle elixir that cures party ills and keeps politicians entrenched for generations.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Trump agenda bill might not be the elixir Dems imagined.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 July 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
In the wintertime, try their signature hot cocoa or chocolate elixir.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
For political operatives, the crafting of partisan redistricting maps is the miracle elixir that cures party ills and keeps politicians entrenched for generations.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Trump agenda bill might not be the elixir Dems imagined.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
Noun
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While rent control may not be the panacea some hope for, observers agree that some measure of government assistance is needed, given the scope of the housing crisis.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Canada is under no illusion that this recognition is not a panacea.—
Ben Kelly,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to Castro, nuns, who were supposed to be professional virgins—no Duke of Monmouth for them—could try bloodletting or enemas for a cure.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
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Treatments can help slow the progression, but there’s no cure for IgA nephropathy.—
Health,
Health,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Martin’s limited series — which begs for a second season — highlights why coercion and control are typically ineffective remedies for adolescent rebellion.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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The court also made clear that the Civil Rights Department can pursue remedies for the entire affected group of workers, not just individuals.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Yes, Baltimore’s defense is wretched, so don’t count on this being a cure-all, exactly.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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At its core, a rate cut is a tool, not a cure-all.—
Diane Tomb,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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