as in panacea
something that cures all ills or problems
a quack nostrum for cancer of all types
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Recent Examples of nostrum
His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.
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Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
Kennedy has promoted almost useless nostrums against measles, such as Vitamin A, while describing vaccination as a personal choice.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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
Population trends today should raise serious questions about all the old nostrums that humans are somehow hard-wired to replace themselves to continue the species.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
Kennedy has promoted almost useless nostrums against measles, such as Vitamin A, while describing vaccination as a personal choice.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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
Population trends today should raise serious questions about all the old nostrums that humans are somehow hard-wired to replace themselves to continue the species.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nostrum
Noun
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As the lamprey crisis worsened, various chemical companies sent compounds to the lab, which was searching for a panacea.—
Katie Thornton,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Amazon delivery contractors quickly learn that bailing is no panacea.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There is no magic elixir to consistently scheme easy buckets in the final minutes of contests.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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The other trial compares the same proprietary cannabis elixir with opioids, revealing that patients who used the elixir experienced fewer gastrointestinal side effects like constipation than when using painkillers.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This remedy involves adding 2 Tbsp.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, potentially in June 2026.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There is no cause for panic or a wholesale rethink in search of a cure.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Biden also advocated for research into a cure for cancer and secured millions of dollars in federal funding for research into women’s health.—
Darlene Superville,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2023
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Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.—
Spencer Strub,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2020
Noun
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Post- and peri-menopausal women, who have long been left to deal with the side effects of the naturally declining levels of testosterone that accompany aging, are turning to low doses of testosterone as a possible cure-all.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sheehan, like Sasaki, is not a cure-all.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Nostrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nostrum. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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