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
The water was an icy whoosh—and a veritable elixir on that nearly 100-degree day.
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David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
The conditioning elixir is enriched with keravis, which is a type of protein complex that can protect against breakage, as well as astaxanthin to help heal damage for more vibrant, supple-looking strands.
—Jessie Quinn, Glamour, 11 June 2025
Raise a glass at (and to) The Remedy Lounge, where decadent non-alcoholic elixirs are specially crafted with botanicals and adaptogenic herbs designed, like the resort itself, to enhance well-being.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Time has since passed this flavor by, and the explosion of crunchy health elixirs and proper caffeine bombs leaves this relic of the Clinton era in the dust.
—Pete Cottell, Wired News, 12 June 2025
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David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
The conditioning elixir is enriched with keravis, which is a type of protein complex that can protect against breakage, as well as astaxanthin to help heal damage for more vibrant, supple-looking strands.
—Jessie Quinn, Glamour, 11 June 2025
Raise a glass at (and to) The Remedy Lounge, where decadent non-alcoholic elixirs are specially crafted with botanicals and adaptogenic herbs designed, like the resort itself, to enhance well-being.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Time has since passed this flavor by, and the explosion of crunchy health elixirs and proper caffeine bombs leaves this relic of the Clinton era in the dust.
—Pete Cottell, Wired News, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
Noun
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For the last decade or so, technology has been touted as the panacea to this problem.—
Vivek Jetley,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Everyone wants a panacea for the problems ailing our industry.—
Bill Mechanic,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Noun
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There is no current cure for CTE, and it can only be diagnosed posthumously.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Currently, there's no cure for Huntington's, but certain medications, diet changes, and exercise can temporarily manage symptoms.2 Huntington’s Disease Symptoms The symptoms of Huntington’s disease get progressively worse with time.—
Janelle McSwiggin,
Health,
27 July 2025
Noun
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While his diagnosis of overfull streets is correct, his remedy of higher parking requirements is akin to the patient demanding surgical expansion of his stomach to address his obesity.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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All of these responses misdiagnose the order’s deepest illness and thus prescribe the wrong remedy.—
STACIE E. GODDARD,
Foreign Affairs,
28 July 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
Noun
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Fertilizer isn’t a cure-all for lawn disease; on the contrary, fertilizer can amplify the problem.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2025
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But self-help culture tends to treat optimism like a cure-all as if every problem is just a thought pattern waiting to be reversed.—
Ranju Kunwor,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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