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
Their goal is to then access a magic elixir that’ll revive the lotus and extend their lives.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
In the wintertime, try their signature hot cocoa or chocolate elixir.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
For political operatives, the crafting of partisan redistricting maps is the miracle elixir that cures party ills and keeps politicians entrenched for generations.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Trump agenda bill might not be the elixir Dems imagined.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 July 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
In the wintertime, try their signature hot cocoa or chocolate elixir.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
For political operatives, the crafting of partisan redistricting maps is the miracle elixir that cures party ills and keeps politicians entrenched for generations.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Trump agenda bill might not be the elixir Dems imagined.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
Noun
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This isn’t about a panacea for Israel but an improvement for the world, the region, and the people of Iran.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Even the most bullish technologists acknowledge that there are no panaceas and that models come with tradeoffs and limits.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The neurodegenerative disorder, which causes tremors, affects speech and leads to motor skills, has no cure.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Most researchers and athletes The Athletic spoke to supported forms of screening and intervention rooted in holistic athlete support from a young age, emphasizing longevity over short-term gains and educating, with the aim of prevention rather than a cure.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While use of VPNs that mask users’ true geographic location is viable in many cases, that remedy is likely to become less effective as sites begin blocking the IP addresses VPN users are assigned.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 Oct. 2025
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Patsas is a local hangover remedy; most magereia—tavernas where the philosophy of sharing food was more important than any fancy methods or ingredients—serve it late, catering both to night owls and early-shift workers.—
Katherine Whittaker,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 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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Sheehan, like Sasaki, is not a cure-all.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 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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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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