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
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.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Ice water facials are great additions to your skin care but shouldn't be seen as a panacea for your skin health.
—Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 20 Aug. 2025
As the Japanese experience has shown, financial repression would offer no panacea to the United States.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
In fact, Pritzker proposed a ban on phones in the classroom — not a panacea by any means, but certainly a positive first step in making schools a place where kids can focus on their studies and their interpersonal relationships instead of being glued to a tiny screen.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Ice water facials are great additions to your skin care but shouldn't be seen as a panacea for your skin health.
—Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 20 Aug. 2025
As the Japanese experience has shown, financial repression would offer no panacea to the United States.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
In fact, Pritzker proposed a ban on phones in the classroom — not a panacea by any means, but certainly a positive first step in making schools a place where kids can focus on their studies and their interpersonal relationships instead of being glued to a tiny screen.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
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
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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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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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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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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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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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