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
Here again the promise of technology was seen as a panacea.
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Vitamin A therapy has shown some benefits in a few specific instances — but has not proven to be a panacea.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Love is the single panacea for all Four Enemies.
—Big Think, 8 Mar. 2025
During the Cold War, population control came to be seen as a kind of master key—a panacea for social and political ills.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Vitamin A therapy has shown some benefits in a few specific instances — but has not proven to be a panacea.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Love is the single panacea for all Four Enemies.
—Big Think, 8 Mar. 2025
During the Cold War, population control came to be seen as a kind of master key—a panacea for social and political ills.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for panacea
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
Noun
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The remedy that will follow the decision could break up the company, or at least separate its Chrome web browser business from the rest of the portfolio.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the first days of testimony in the remedy trial being heard at the D.C. federal court, Microsoft comes up frequently.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting Americans' private health records as part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial plan to discover a cause and a cure for autism.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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Though the idea of compost tea may conjure images of wacky backyard chemistry experiments or the brewing of complicated elixirs, the truth is much simpler.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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Grab a cocktail or sip on wellness elixirs (the Blue Lotus infusion gave me some lovely vivid dreams) from Anima Mundi Herbals crafted from the region’s plants to ease or energize your mind and body, depending on your mood.—
Calin Van Paris,
Outside Online,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Lifestyle and behavioral solutions Because there isn’t one cure-all for IC/BPS (and treatment can be invasive—more later), it’s long been standard for doctors to focus on lifestyle first, often handing patients a list of potentially bladder-irritating foods and drinks to avoid.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
16 Apr. 2025
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But using federal funding to mislead the public into believing that housing assistance and free lunches are a cure-all for child maltreatment is absurd and, frankly, dangerous.—
Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley,
Twin Cities,
13 Apr. 2025
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Eight years later, Democrats have devolved into nostrums about appealing to the middle class, ditching academic language, and finding a uniting message.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Turning the pope’s election into a trans referendum Hidden within the fake pomp and banal compositions of Conclave is a litany of left-wing nostrums, spoken by fictitious characters during the election of a new pope.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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