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
These are unusual elixirs, often aged in wooden barrels and transformed by the skillful application of wild yeasts and bacteria.
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Attention lovers of the hair-of-the-dog elixir: The Bloody Mary Festival is coming to Austin on March 22.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Trump has long advocated tariffs as an economic elixir.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Attention lovers of the hair-of-the-dog elixir: The Bloody Mary Festival is coming to Austin on March 22.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Trump has long advocated tariffs as an economic elixir.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
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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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There is no cure, but people with Type 2 may be able to manage it with exercise and diet.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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There is no cure for dogs with dementia, but environmental modifications can minimize the complications.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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While the assets may be offshore, the person who settled the offshore trust may still be in the U.S. and thus subject to the contempt remedy of the U.S. courts to cause those assets to be repatriated (this is what that Impossibility Defense stuff was all about).—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Turmeric soap is trending as a natural remedy for acne, hyperpigmentation, and dark spots.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
21 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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Target’s recent breakup with Ulta is the latest reminder that shop-in-shops are no cure-all.—
Brian Delp,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Of course, no supplement is a cure-all, and there are other ways to support brain health, including maintaining a healthy diet and exercise regimen.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg,
Time,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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