as in remedy
something that cures all ills or problems
he seems to prescribe fluids and rest as a catholicon for everything
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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 -
Rebuilding an executive brand after an ugly headline takes messy phone calls, late-night revisions and the nerve to admit the first dozen remedies flopped in public view.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
1 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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But there’s a problem: RAG isn’t the AI panacea that many organizations have envisioned.—
Alon Goren,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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In a world where shoppers regularly groan about the banality of modern-day shopping, Stitch Fix sought to be the panacea by offering accessible personal stylists that could design and ship outfits specific to a customer’s unique needs and preferences.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
11 Aug. 2025
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Sol de Janeiro Beija Flor Elasti-Body Oil Best for: Improving elasticity and softness This fast-absorbing elixir includes vegan collagen and cacay oil to support skin elasticity and bounce.—
Corein Carter,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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These are unusual elixirs, often aged in wooden barrels and transformed by the skillful application of wild yeasts and bacteria.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 July 2025
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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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L’Orvietan and its imitators had their roots in a more antique antidote called theriac.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2023
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But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2023
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“Catholicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catholicon. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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