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 Throughout the cinematic visual, which represents purity juxtaposed with giving into temptation, the members drink elixirs, wear blindfolds, blow smoke. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025 In the aftermath, with their bodies teetering on the edge of destruction, Ne Zha embarks on a quest to obtain an elixir to restore Ao Bing’s body, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy in the process. Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025 The film follows Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans, who must embark on a perilous quest to obtain an elixir to restore the body of his uneasy ally, the dragon prince Ao Bing. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025 In turn, getting to analyze those moments is an elixir for the eldest Curry. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elixir
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Noun
  • The American physician, W. Golden Mortimer, author of History of Coca (1901), acknowledged coca as a panacea, noting its virtues as a medicine, tonic, and food.
    Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Today, gum is again being marketed as a panacea for wellness.
    Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting Americans' private health records as part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial plan to discover a cause and a cure for autism.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
  • But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the first days of testimony in the remedy trial being heard at the D.C. federal court, Microsoft comes up frequently.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The remedy that will follow the decision could break up the company, or at least separate its Chrome web browser business from the rest of the portfolio.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Eight years later, Democrats have devolved into nostrums about appealing to the middle class, ditching academic language, and finding a uniting message.
    Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Turning the pope’s election into a trans referendum Hidden within the fake pomp and banal compositions of Conclave is a litany of left-wing nostrums, spoken by fictitious characters during the election of a new pope.
    Armond White, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
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  • Lifestyle and behavioral solutions Because there isn’t one cure-all for IC/BPS (and treatment can be invasive—more later), it’s long been standard for doctors to focus on lifestyle first, often handing patients a list of potentially bladder-irritating foods and drinks to avoid.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 16 Apr. 2025
  • But using federal funding to mislead the public into believing that housing assistance and free lunches are a cure-all for child maltreatment is absurd and, frankly, dangerous.
    Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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