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
Estrogen was presented as an elixir that helped not only hot flashes, but also nervousness, fatigue, depression, and restless nights for almost every aging woman.
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Patricia Bencivenga, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026
Inside this ancient blue elixir, researchers have discovered specialized cells called amebocytes that react to bacterial toxins in an extraordinary way.
—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
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Patricia Bencivenga, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026
Inside this ancient blue elixir, researchers have discovered specialized cells called amebocytes that react to bacterial toxins in an extraordinary way.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
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Either way, this won’t be a panacea for slow home sales, because a large number of people still have sub-4% mortgages.—
Brad Hunter,
Forbes.com,
26 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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That cold, salty air is the cure for the common dislike of cold.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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While research is advancing, there is no cure for the disease, although medications are available to manage symptoms.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
31 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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Because of the false but persistent and powerfully seductive nostrum that reducing the value of a country’s currency will stimulate its economy by making its exports cheaper and its imports more expensive.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 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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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 7 Feb. 2026.
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