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
Inside this ancient blue elixir, researchers have discovered specialized cells called amebocytes that react to bacterial toxins in an extraordinary way.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Beverages, perfume, medicines, elixirs, and more, the glass containers ended up in the woods, only to be found many decades later by those curious about who had left them there.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
My obsession with the savory, comforting elixir born from braising greens just shy of an eternity began not with my grandmother, but with one of my best friends, Dana Stinson.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
The terminal’s two play areas are also a perfect elixir to sitting on board for hours.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Beverages, perfume, medicines, elixirs, and more, the glass containers ended up in the woods, only to be found many decades later by those curious about who had left them there.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
My obsession with the savory, comforting elixir born from braising greens just shy of an eternity began not with my grandmother, but with one of my best friends, Dana Stinson.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
The terminal’s two play areas are also a perfect elixir to sitting on board for hours.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
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This is also why technological fixes, including advances in AI, are no panacea.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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But as other leagues have shown, a cap is not necessarily a panacea for competitive balance, even with an accompanying salary floor.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes the quickest cure to outfit fatigue is simply adding a bright hue into the mix—below are 15 to consider.—
Fred Sahai,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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The cure requires replacing the faulty tubes with a more rugged version and possibly adding bracing.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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There is a bit of an ideological bent to the debate over whether, for example, federal courts can provide remedies for unconstitutional actions by federal officers without an express act of Congress.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Do not make your own elderberry remedies without consulting experts on how to make them safely.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
26 Jan. 2026
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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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There is not a cure-all formula, there is only hard individual work.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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That said, it’s not meant to be a cure-all.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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