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
Trump has long advocated tariffs as an economic elixir.
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Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
The water was an icy whoosh—and a veritable elixir on that nearly 100-degree day.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
The conditioning elixir is enriched with keravis, which is a type of protein complex that can protect against breakage, as well as astaxanthin to help heal damage for more vibrant, supple-looking strands.
—Jessie Quinn, Glamour, 11 June 2025
Raise a glass at (and to) The Remedy Lounge, where decadent non-alcoholic elixirs are specially crafted with botanicals and adaptogenic herbs designed, like the resort itself, to enhance well-being.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
The water was an icy whoosh—and a veritable elixir on that nearly 100-degree day.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
The conditioning elixir is enriched with keravis, which is a type of protein complex that can protect against breakage, as well as astaxanthin to help heal damage for more vibrant, supple-looking strands.
—Jessie Quinn, Glamour, 11 June 2025
Raise a glass at (and to) The Remedy Lounge, where decadent non-alcoholic elixirs are specially crafted with botanicals and adaptogenic herbs designed, like the resort itself, to enhance well-being.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
Noun
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For the last decade or so, technology has been touted as the panacea to this problem.—
Vivek Jetley,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Everyone wants a panacea for the problems ailing our industry.—
Bill Mechanic,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Noun
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In the series, which has now garnered hundreds of thousands of likes on the platform, Kaitlin shares information about her daughter’s health status, information about the disease and updates in the national search for a cure.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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There is no cure for chikungunya, and treatment depends on the management of symptoms.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Letters describing the saftey risk are to be sent Aug. 25 and follow up letters are to be sent when a remedy is available.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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Sense offers numerous services rooted in natural health remedies derived from the islands’ African and Indigenous traditions, incorporating native roots, leaves, and weeds for wellness.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Aug. 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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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
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The Clinic-Carry On kit is a cure-all travel kit that includes essentials like lipid-repair moisturizers in compact sizes tailored for air travel and climate changes.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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