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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The defense team also pointed to another Utah criminal case in which prosecutors were accused of contempt and suggested that one potential remedy would be to bar the state from seeking the death penalty.
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The main remedy Robinson’s defense suggested if prosecutors were held in contempt was for the death penalty to be removed as a possible punishment, should Robinson be convicted.
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Anderson found the origins of present fads in the fervent nostrums of the past.
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Because of the false but persistent and powerfully seductive nostrum that reducing the value of a country’s currency will stimulate its economy by making its exports cheaper and its imports more expensive.
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Cons to Using Orange Peels While often touted as a panacea around the garden, orange peels have some downsides.
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At the same time, the research team was clear that its findings are not a panacea — being diagnosed with a specific illness is often only an early step toward finding and then pursuing treatment options — and that LLMs are not meant to be used by consumers to treat or diagnose diseases.
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Is this citrusy ritual really the miracle elixir it’s hyped up to be?
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The limited edition elixir features notes of vanilla with watery and fruity accords, amber, apple, and ylang-ylang.
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If these tools help cure diseases, advance science, or solve problems beyond human capability, that would be extraordinary.
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One dollar of every ticket sold for the Saturday night concert went towards the CMT Research Foundation, an organization that funds research to find a cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
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But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.
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Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.
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“Catholicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catholicon. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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